Telegraph article on RIP

[David Hansen]

On 5 Jun 2008 at 23:37, Ian Mason wrote:

> I personally witnessed a terminal in a police station incident room  
> (right next to the PNC terminal) that had direct access to BT's full  
> DQ listings in use circa 1987. No requirement to prove or record any  
> basis for a query, just walk up and use it. Another terminal gave  
> direct access to a central database of all electoral roll listings on  
> the same basis. This was a main police station for a town, but not a  
> force headquarters; I can't comment whether this was available at  
> smaller stations.

So far nobody has come up with councils doing this sort of thing.


-- 
  David Hansen, Edinburgh 
 I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents 
me   
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