Waiting for Lunchtime

Databases? Oh no, run away!

Last night's edition of thelondonpaper has an article entitled "How we are caught on camera 300 times a day". It's been a popular theme recently, following on from a report recently presented to the Information Commissioner.

But what I really wanted to point out was the last item in the infobox accompanying the article (which you can read for yourself here). See it? It has the shock exposé that:

Personal details of Oyster card users are kept on a database

Oh my god! To the barricades! They're using databases now!

Well really, what did they expect? That users' details were going to be lovingly enscribed onto vellum by calligraphers? Or maybe carved onto clay slabs and stacked in a storeroom? Of course details are kept on a database, where else could they be?

posted by Iain @ 02:22