Someone tell Sheboygan how the Web works

I haven't posted much recently because I'm so busy at work and at home, but this is a short-enough story that I can comment on it. Plus, it's one I don't want to forget.

MediaPost has a short article today on a link take-down command from the police department of Sheboygan to a private citizen.

This shows two things, 1) Scary authoritarianism right here in the U.S., 2) Scary ignorance of people in authority of exactly how this new-fangled computer stuff works.

The "cloud" produces rain

In this article in the NYTimes, the publishing of the names and birthdates, along with other information about 34,000 minors. The only sanction against the company even hinted at in the article is a possible lawsuit that might be brought against them by a rival whose data, which may or may not have been obtained legally, was revealed during the same oopsie.

Seriously, that's the best America can do? Corporations "accidentally" release credit card numbers, social security numbers, and now private data on minors, and as long as they cry "sorry" it is okay with us.