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On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 14:23 +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Fri, 19 Mar 2010, Philip Whateley wrote: > > > Interesting stuff on The Register on this. > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/09/scr_cannot_be_deleted/ > > Indeed... > > > Also interesting that they say on the opt-out form that the safeguards > > against hackers are "far stronger than the safeguards in place anywhere > > in the NHS today" > > Actually, it's not hackers I'm overly concerned about - it's the usual > loss of data - laptops left on trains, etc. that bothers me more. Also > there is the risk of the bored hospital nurse who has access, sitting down > at night and just going through records at random - sure, it'll be logged, > but that doesn't seem to deter people in other organisations from doing > just this... > > Gordon > Quite - but I think the point regarding hackers is the tacit admission of how weak things are now! Phil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html