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well its got to go in somehow, perhaps a facade that exposes only preparedstatements procs could have prevented this, but equally perhaps they exploited the facade, the transport mechanism to the facade, the db driver..... who knows, what is known is that theres a path, however narrow


No, they should have processed the data on a secure network, then burnt CDs with the final results.

That's how Australia treats important (Top Secret classified) data. I don't know how classified our census is, it should be treated with a bit of respect.




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