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Outsourced Confidential Data On Children Posted
Kataire writes "MSNBC exposes a grievous blunder in which an outsourced programmer posts highly confidential data to a public website, concerning the daily whereabouts of hundreds of children in upstate New York. Yes, this person did this not once, or twice, but three times, with two different data sets. Even worse, the data was out there, publicly 'visible' for months. Just because RentACoder finally discovered and yanked it, after a coder 'stuck with a tricky formatting issue' posted the specific database he was working on to their messageboards, doesn't mean the damage is undone. The ramifications reach beyond the painfully obvious privacy issues, touching on outsourcing and peer ethics."
I'm sure the "it professionals" on alt.pedophiles were more than happy to check out the db issues for him.
outsourced programmer posts highly confidential data to a public website, concerning the daily whereabouts of hundreds of children in upstate New York.
In other news: Michael Jackson to move to NY soon.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Officials at the New York State Office of Children and Family Services and in Livingston County, where the incident occured, are investigating. Livingston County's social services office is located in Lima, just a few miles south of Rochester, N.Y.
If it's an outsourced programmer, shouldn't it be Lima, Peru?
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
I have tried so far to be patient and tolerant. To be patient and tolerant is to be a good person.
= zd nn
But there is a line.
Every person who is reading this article, every person who wrote this article, is wearing an "outsourced" shirt (maybe even made in India! look at your textile tag!), looking at an "outsourced" watch (usually Taiwan), staring at an "outsourced" computer monitor (again, Taiwan), and ready to drive home from their job which is "threatened by outsourcing" in their "outsourced" Japanese car. This is the way of the world! George Bush, the popularly elected president of America, meets at Free Trade summits, and this is Free Trade! Why should anyone whose entirely life is purchased of "outsourced" products complain of "outsourcing"??
Well my large personal escaping out of the way, it is a tragedy and a flaw what has happened in this article. However I believe it has happened many times before with American firms as well.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-526757.html?legacy
No?
So, we are trying not to make these mistakes as well. I can say that at least here the discipline is greater. This person will be beaten for sure.
A bid request? Damn, are they outsourcing virus writing now? Is nothing sacred?
Outsourced moderators, of course.
This was a guy named Mark Dennis. Not a very Indian sounding name.
True, but if you replace the 'rk' in Mark with 'ndara' and the 'nnis ' in Dennis with 'eptanshu' then you have Mandara Deepthanshu. That, as I am sure you will aggree, sounds Indian to me.
Guess my sig goes double now...
Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
Dibbs on his 3 digit user ID when his company has him killed!
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
A few years back a leak of a confidential customer database destroyed the Northwind company.
True, but if you replace the 'rk' in Mark with 'ke' and the 'nnis ' in Dennis with 'epshiticancause thecompanyiamabouttoquit' then you have "Make Deepshiticancausethecompanyiamabouttoquit" sounds like an inside job to me.
On the other hand, they know you just searched for your name. Check back in a little while...
Ha! Highly unlikely. If you really want something done, and done right, you don't call the cops or the lawyers, you call the guy who knows dis guy and he "does this favor for you."
-cp-
President Bush to Liberate Alaska
Tell those morons in Accounts-Blackmailable that I'm waiting for my last installment.
Now, where is that "Post Anonymously" check box?