The RENFE card / ADIF and security
As an amateur photographer sure you are aware of the need for RENFE / ADIF to obtain a license to shoot on their premises. The bill itself would not create so many complaints if their own employees know their existence and not pass the things that are read in the forums, both in photography and in the fans of trains . The company's argument that it is done for security , and often wield terrorism, not as an excuse well if easy, or as a way of scare.
In addition, ask how to send out an email to foto.aficionados @ adif.es , or fill out a form, without having to provide any documentation proving identity.
In view of this, altavelocidad.org decided to do a test and asked for two permits on behalf of two significant characters: firstly Jacob Rodrigue Emile Pereire (historic character of the nineteenth century railroad) and got it. Well, actually nothing to prevent today can be another person with the same name, and administrative issues licenses must also be aware of the history of railways, so that could pass as a mere anecdote.
But more strange that it obtained no problems (as reported on its website) another authorization on behalf of Gorka Loran Lafourcade , terrorist sentenced to 2,775 years in prison for planting a suitcase bomb on the Irun-Madrid intercity.
If really the raison d'être of these permits is safety, and continually wielded terrorism as justification how is it that is not a simple exchange of data between requests and files of the police? It's actually a rhetorical question. You may not legally be able to make that crossing, but also do not make sense, because if a terrorist is planning an attack, the last thing I do is get a permit on your behalf to take pictures ...
Other articles in this series:
- The RENFE card / ADIF and security (This post)
- And trains can be photographed without carnet
- Security still learning ADIF
a friend is doing the right thing atra is to do something and quite another to do nothing and if vd. do not know the laws on data protection and the right to privacy sometimes prevent him doing good things really clear is that with his attitude only facilitates understanding of the security holes in this case, the company that question, but I assure you from experience that too many others, think you will soon give the data required to purchase a prepaid telephony card to see how we take citizenship ,,,,, I have only this to say that as security is known to 100 by 100 does not exist but it is clear that collaboration is a matter of citizens and institutions
jose.m carefully
Precisely the data protection laws, the card in question (and deleted, by the way) had not in mind, since it did not appear anywhere in the form of clauses that oblige the LPD. In addition, one of the obligations imposed by this law is the accuracy of the data, which after altavelocidad.org test, demonstrated that not checked.
As for security holes, precisely his complaint public help to correct. Ignore does not cease to exist.
Indeed, for months that are already required to give details when purchasing a prepaid card. How do we take ...? Well I have not heard that there were rebellions in the phone shops. When things are going well does not have to be problems. They come when they do wrong.
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