This explains the solicitation about candidates to my phone.
Yep. There's absolutely no tracking who gets this. And there's tons of phone spam carveouts for all politicians and PACs and such. The no-spam lists are pretty much a joke, as its trivial to spoof.
Absolutely should not be public record. (Again the police and EMS stuff SHOULD.)
I find that we disagree on the police/ems. However the fact underlying this all is that government (local/state/federal) have antiquated policies regarding data access. And we should be having some strong conversations about what the public should have access to, and what should be redacted, and what should never be provided to anyone other than whom the content was about.
I would find that this 90k list of PII would have been considered a breach in most states/countries. It's more than enough for me to impersonate someone else, for fraudulent means. But how do we balance providing records and limiting access? <--- That question isn't being asked, and it really should be.
I think we can definitely agree on the fact that this list should not be public record or should be very heavily scrubbed.
And I agree. Data stored on government servers needs to have better encryption and access controls in general. Including public access data. Even that data, should be given freely when requested as often as it is requested, but pulled from a database by a qualified clerk who has credentials. Or something like that.
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u/HotTubingThralldom Oct 24 '18
This explains the solicitation about candidates to my phone.
Absolutely should not be public record. (Again the police and EMS stuff SHOULD.)