On 27/03/2024 16:45, YTC#1 wrote:
> Oh, that reminds me, I need to hassle Nationwide over how they erase
> biometric data when no longer required.

They come round and cut your thumb off. (Or poke your eye out if you
chose the retina scan option.)

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On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:56:37 +0000, "chrisnd @ukrm" <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:

> benign authority may be hacked (or have its data carelessly
> shared/left on a USB stick on a bus etc)

There are changes in political climate to consider, as well.

The nature of success is that successor regimes deserve access to the
data on citizens collected by predecessors.

"On 27 March 1943, a cell of the Dutch resistance committed an attack
on the municipal register of Amsterdam. The German occupier had found
this register to be extremely convenient: It contained the details of
70 thousand Jews in Amsterdam. Also, it proved useful as a means of
cross-checking information on identity cards."

+ de Zwart, Hans. "During World War II, We Did Have Something to
Hide." Trans. Benjamin van Gaalen. Medium. 27 Mar 2024
<https://www.bitsoffreedom.nl/2015/04/30/during-world-war-ii-we-did-have-something-to-hide/>.

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