Posts by Sacha
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More online government services were always coming no matter who was in power, and this process will continue over many years. Addressing this properly requires a cross-government response and strong leadership.
One practical thing that can be done pronto is to give the Privacy Commisioner's office the teeth they've been seeking so they can strengthen up the ongoing independent oversight and advocacy they do such a good job of already.
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Sam Stephens,
We are talking no access controls, meaning that at a policy level controls have never been instituted. Meaning that, even if by omission, a decision has been made that it’s okay for all MSD staff (and anyone else with access to MSDs network) to have access to all MSD information.
This is huge.
Deserves emphasising. Professionally speaking, this is a 101-level failure well beyond the kiosks or any random bad staff or contractors.
Any IT manager right up to the new CIO should have spotted this stuff and fixed it. Ensuring it's not repeated also needs a culture change process like we've seen started at ACC, which takes in the CEO and the Minister as the public's representative.
Government is relying on more connected government systems for efficiency and saving money, so this failure is instructive. We all deserve to feel confident.
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Capture: Humble Bragg, in reply to Hilary Stace,
surprising number of hippies became libertarians, including NZ
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Hard News: The Advocate, in reply to john Drinnan,
choco-ade coverage
Yes. Like Marmageddon, everyone seemed to get suckered by that one.
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Great work Leigh. Has taken me ages to read through it.
Towards the end you ask how the government is getting away with abrogating Canterbury's democracy, and you answer:
"The trouble is that the people of Christchurch are tired, and very much occupied with the effort of simply getting from one day to the next."
Any thoughts about the role of the rest of the country and our political players in opposing this situation?
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Beautiful example of the human truth in a 'soft' story - Kiwi who helped create Big Bird, and a love story spanning 50 years.
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Full version of the John Campbell interview (22 mins).
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That's the closest up gig footage I've ever seen. Must have taken a fair bit of concentration to get your timing. #respec
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Field Theory: Man Moments, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
Ecoya candles
yes, perhaps Mr Ross is overcompensating for his other investment
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Field Theory: Man Moments, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
not light years from 'don't cry, you hopeless blokes, the wimmins is off drinking plonk together'