Even with partial anonymity there's always the danger that sensitive information could fall into the wrong hands.
Prof Sir Paul Newton said weapons of mass destruction could fall into the wrong hands if the state disintegrated.
Across the globe, nations are locking down nuclear materials so they never fall into the wrong hands -- because of our leadership.
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"Have dogs microchipped or tattooed through the National Dog Registry, " PETA says on its website, pointing out that unidentified animals can fall into the wrong hands.
No one wants medical data to fall into the wrong hands, but neither do we want patients to suffer because their medical information cannot be accessed.
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Since the Saudis maintain the world's largest oil reserves, the US cannot jeopardize the global economy by simply allowing Saudi Arabia to fall into the wrong hands.
Africa is littered with well-intentioned technology programs that fail because devices don't get used, fall into the wrong hands or just can't find enough power to run.
In one instance, Kazakhstan revealed the existence of a ton of highly enriched uranium and asked the United States to remove it, lest it fall into the wrong hands.
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Not surprisingly, reports of the test-firing have reignited calls to ban 3-D-printed guns, which critics fear could easily fall into the wrong hands and create safety concerns because they'd be invisible to metal detectors.
Prompted by fears that the untapped expertise could fall into the wrong hands, the G8 group of the world's wealthiest nations set up a "global partnership" in 2002 to stop the spread of WMD.
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And not only has that led to growth and prosperity in his own country, but he has been a model in efforts around the world to eliminate nuclear materials that could fall into the wrong hands.
The horror of nuclear conflict may make its occurrence unlikely, but the very existence of nuclear weapons leaves the human race ever at the brink of self-destruction, particularly if the weapons fall into the wrong hands.
And it's a testament I think to that well-defined agenda that two years later we're seeing all these deliverables take place that are taking a whole bunch of nuclear material out of vulnerable positions that could fall into the wrong hands.
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We've also been able to do it because the United States and Russia over the last several years have shown ourselves to have a mutual interest in making sure that nuclear materials are secured and that they do not fall into the wrong hands.
At the same time, we'll engage Russia to seek further reductions in our nuclear arsenals, and continue leading the global effort to secure nuclear materials that could fall into the wrong hands - because our ability to influence others depends on our willingness to lead and meet our obligations.
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