ONE of the world's largest police forces appears to be using a system far more antiquated than anything used elsewhere in the world, pretty much in line with the NHS, which still insists on using Internet Explorer 6. Is there anyone out there who happens to know for a verifiable fact that people's criminal records -- not just medical records -- are stored on the digital equivalent of Swiss cheese? If anyone can provide us with a detailed breakdown of the system's composition, it would be exceptionally valuable -- not necessarily just to crackers, but also to those who worry about the systems that store sensitive information and should therefore be upgraded to something solid like Debian. Disasters can be averted while leading to savings. ⬆