And now I would like to present the sordid tale of how up to 26.5 million veterans had their identities put at risk by one bureaucrat who couldn’t follow the rules:
A career data analyst, who was not authorized to take the information home, has been put on administrative leave pending the outcome of investigations by the FBI, local police and the VA inspector general, Nicholson said. He would not identify the employee by name or title.
You might want to be cognizant of just how poorly the government takes its very serious responsibility to safeguard the data it collects about you.
As we continue to trade liberties and privacy for a false sense of security, you might want to consider just what it is you’re giving up when you surrender fingerprints, retinal scans and DNA samples. All these pieces of you are stored as 0s and 1s that are often appallingly easy to steal and then use for the benefit of criminals.
Hopefully the burglar mentioned in the story above isn’t also a technophile. Otherwise, a lot of veterans may find themselves with credit problems or other legal headaches.
Just wait until Real ID is in place and that data starts getting lost and stolen. Oh joy. The same level of attention to detail and spotless record of only doing what’s best for the dumb public will certainly apply.