I think many have heard the story about the system of biometric passports. About how several organizations divide finances into supporting a passport database. (for those who do not know, you can find many articles in PS or
biz.cnews.ru/news/top/index.shtml?2009/07/17/354322 and
cnews.ru/news/top/index.shtml?2009 (07/17/354484 ).
About the fact that the method of conducting the contest and its result raises many questions, many articles have already been written in various media. But this is more of a financial issue, and ordinary citizens are unlikely to know the truth ...
But I had another question, on Friday the previous developer of the biometric passport system, the Voskhod institute disconnected the system, and now the special services cannot access the information stored on the servers located in the research institutes. The question arises, why because of conflicts of commercial structures, the personal information of millions of Russians became the subject of “bargaining” and “pressure” between various organizations?
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It turns out all the personal information about me, my relatives, friends, etc. is an "asset" that you can freely "trade"? Why is the information that is actually part of the state security of the country, served by commercial structures, and not by relevant agencies for example: the FSB? If we take into account that in Russia business is called “wild” and businessmen do not bear any moral responsibility, then there is not any guarantee that tomorrow the information will not get free access to the markets in Mitino, Tsaritsyno, etc. What it can lead to, one can only guess ...
On Sunday, the film
“The Network” will be shown on TNT channel at 16.00, which shows the consequences that can be expected if non-specialized structures will be engaged in processing personal information.