Re:UK Releases 130 Terabytes of Oil and Gas Data
by derefr on Monday March 25, 2019 @07:27PM
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They used to have quite the secrets policy in place to cover critical fuel infrastructure, yes.
I'm pretty sure the only reason they're opening this up now, is that it's now become so easy to get ground-penetrating radar satellites into space, that every state actor now knows where all everyone else's pipes are. They can't hide it, so they may as well give up trying.
But I assume that a pipe that is placed 5m underground on an unmarked path crossing a valley, was done so for a security as well as convenience. I will not apply to see that data, but if I was a "Red Team", it would be 'useful' information to have.