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31
Jan
2010

Whose Fault?

Filed under: General News,General Rants — Longrider @ 11:24

Auntie has been giving this story a fair airing this morning.

Vehicles worth £13m have been stolen as a result of the loss of thousands of blank DVLA log books, a BBC investigation has found.

The police say they could be dealing with the impact of the blunder for over a century.

Criminal gangs use the stolen vehicle registration documents to sell cloned cars on the private market.

This is because, it seems, DVLA have managed to “mislay” the blank registration documents. I urge you to remember this somewhat lax approach to the management of documents when you listen to idiots such as Michael Cross argue that DVLA data held on us should be in the public domain.

Unrepentant, the chief executive of the DVLA, Noel Shanahan, was on the box stating “not our fault guv.”

If it’s a criminal act then clearly we can’t be held responsible for that.

Yes. You. Can. You produced the documents. You lost them. Your fault.

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31
Jan
2010

Quote of the Day

Filed under: Civil Liberties,General News,Political — Longrider @ 10:09

From Mark George QC writing in the Observer in response to Henry Porter’s articles on civil liberties.

We all remember the mantra of Labour in 1997 that they were going to be “tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime”, but the reality is that the second limb of that soundbite has, in fact, changed to being “tough on those accused of crime”.

Indeed so. Although anyone reading about the antics of “Shiny Buttons” this weekend, will realise that this also includes those accused of made up crimes, too.

George’s article is a good read and reminds us that it isn’t just Labour who are responsible here – he refers back to Michael Howard’s disgraceful tenure as home secretary.

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31
Jan
2010

Does Anyone Fall For This?

Filed under: General News,Science and Technology — Longrider @ 09:57

The tax rebate phishing scam has been around for a while – but has added impetus dues to the tax return deadline this weekend. Yes, I’ve paid mine and cleaned out my account…

Tens of thousands of fraudulent e-mails have been sent out ahead of Sunday’s tax return deadline, officials say.

Recipients are told they are due a tax refund and asked to fill in an online form with bank or credit card details.

I’m sorry, but is there anyone out there who isn’t aware that the revenue doesn’t operate this way? Just as banks don’t send out emails to individuals asking them to enter sensitive information, the revenue doesn’t send out emails telling you that you are due a rebate. If you deal with them online, you will know whether you are due a rebate because you can see it in the summary. If you have an accountant, they will tell you. Otherwise, hmrc will send a letter via snail mail. If you click on the link in the email and have your bank account emptied as a consequence, all I can say is Darwinism is working as expected.

You have to be really, really stupid to fall for a phishing scam – they aren’t exactly new and there are plenty of warnings out there.

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