[darkpuppet]

that's a pretty good response from the government... I honestly don't think that the data is in THAT big of a deal. I'm glad it wasn't put in the hands of the banks :P

But to be honest, there's really not much in the census that I'm worried about being leaked out. There are so many ways for people to get personal information on you, and so many ways that are more convenient, that you can't spend your whole life worrying about it.

Even shredding your documents isn't a foolproof way of protecting your identity.. For every measure you take to protect your personal information, there are people out there who have found a way around it....

People don't realize how easy it is to get information on people. With a simple IP address, I can often times find out where a person works, their name, and sometimes even their employee serial number.

Now, the census being farmed out to lockhead.. that's very interesting indeed. But you'd be surprised at what some companies do to get contracts.. Lockhead martin has made it's living out of dealing with government contracts, so I think it's actually a pretty good choice.

IBM would have been a good choice too as they have some of the tightest security and privacy standards I know of....