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Re: [LUG] microsoft writing their own suicide note -child protection

 

Paul Sutton wrote:
> As someone who works with children,  can anyone think of any child 
> protection issues that could arise from this,
1.  Pupil photographs held on the web server (some schools do this)
2.  Pupil database, presumably including details of next-of-kin.

All it needs is some enterprising paedophile to locate a child he/she 
likes the look of, identify that child's next of kin and pretend to be 
collecting them for that person, or just snatch them from their homes.

Microsoft's latest boneheaded idea will mean if implemented that anyone 
able to fake running the relevant MS server will be able to access the 
required data.

Kind regards,

Julian

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