Others have warned that the database is vulnerable to abuse by the numerous government agencies involved, including the IRS, the Department of Homeland Security, state Medicaid databases, and the Social Security Administration. Considering the federal government’s track record with keeping personal information secure, one can only imagine just how much damage the government will now be capable of doing with so much of data readily accessible to agencies that, until now, could only dream of wielding such power. The ongoing scandals involving the IRS’s misuse of citizens private information for purpose of targeting political groups along with the NSA’s massive, secret domestic surveillance program should have every American anxious about the prospect of a centralized, online database of social and behavioral data being shared between government agencies. Most of the new hires charged with signing customers up for the Obamacare exchanges, the so-called navigators, will not even be undergoing background checks or fingerprinting due to the rushed nature of the entire law. If the potential for abuse by the government itself isn’t great enough, consider what all this compiled, sensitive data could be used for in criminal hands. Everything that an unsavory person would need to steal and wreck someone’s identity is contained in those hackable, stealable databases. An identity thief would be delighted to have access to the Data Hub. And its not just identity thieves who love the concept of the Data Hub. Imagine how valuable this information would be to a home invader. Health records, personal income, job info, and family size would be perfect for “casing” future victims. Find a wealthy, single-occupancy home of a sickly or disabled person and a burglar’s work is made easy, with only clicks of a mouse. The potential for abuse is vast.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 07:58:51 +0000
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