Nova Scotia filled its public Freedom of Information Archive with citizens' private data, then arrested the teen who discovered it
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3MXEN)
A 19 year old in Nova Scotia wanted to learn more about the provincial teachers' dispute, so he filed some Freedom of Information requests; he wasn't satisfied with the response so he decided to dig through other documents the province had released under open records laws to look for more, but couldn't find a search tool that was adequate to the job. (more")