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UK Stops Hiding Sensitive Sites

The British government has decided to scrap the “sensitive sites register,” meaning that about 50 high-security installations will now be able to be mapped on Ordnance Survey maps, The Independent reports; the register was defeated by publicly available information from Internet-based sources. Via Map GIS News Blog Etc. Etc.

Update, 10:15 PM: More in tomorrow’s Guardian (via All Points Blog).

Posted on Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 4:50 PM
Categories: Censorship & Security

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