[LINK] Census: OAIC's Vacuous Pseudo-Investigation Report

[Tom Worthington]

On 12/08/16 12:39, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:

> ... how come the attackers knew to attack at 7pm ...

7 pm is the start of peak usage for the Internet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Rush_Hour

It is also the start of the peak time for electricity use, which is 
something future cyber attacks will likely exploit.

I was not able to access the Census on my smart phone, presumingly 
because the Opera Mini browser needs an overseas proxy and these are 
blocked. I was able to use a laptop and the Firefox browser. The 
interface was very responsive and completion took 20 minutes.

One question I was not sure about was "Is the person attending a school 
or any other educational institution?". The Help does not mention 
on-line or offshore institutions: 
http://help.census.abs.gov.au/help/answer/care

The previous Census said "Include ... external or correspondence 
students": 
http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/2011hhftranscript#q24

So I said "yes": the university I am "attending" is in North America and 
I have never been to the campus.

ps: I noticed that the ABS is buying Google Ads saying: "There's still 
time to complete your census".


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