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So content creators should use PayPal then for donations? That's also a centralized service. How do you propose a transaction takes place without a service to process the details?
Simple standard bank transaction? If you want to support the creator regularly, you can easily set that up as well.
On the bright side if they dump the source code we may finally get a public API
So what of importance is in their database that one could not find by otherwise searching the web? From the email i received from patreon i reckon the only actual private thing is the exact sum i pay to who. Some find addresses to be private, but at-least in my case any one can find where i live by looking on the local yellow pages website.
That's pretty devastating to anybody who gave up their data to support things they enjoy. I would really like to see services getting hit with massive fines so they actually "take security very seriously" before they get owned. It's far too late to care about it now, there's a lot of compromising data in that leak.
How do you distinguish someone who was lax with their security from someone who actually takes it seriously and still got hacked?
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It said the guys name in the subdomain that this was available on. I can only imagine how that guy must feel, worst thing that I can imagine happening as a dev. We've all made stupid mistakes and not paid a price as high as this!
Mistakes happens. But it should not be possible to put production data in publicly accessible systems by mistake. Not without committing a criminal offense, at the very least. Your customer data is your customers' data. It's not yours to toy with as you please.
That's the European point of view. In the US, customer data is nothing more than an asset.
So what of importance is in their database that one could not find by otherwise searching the web? From the email i received from patreon i reckon the only actual private thing is the exact sum i pay to who. Some find addresses to be private, but at-least in my case any one can find where i live by looking on the local yellow pages website.
Some GamerGate supporters have made claims that video game reviewers have covered games and develelopers that they have backed financially through Patreon without disclosing this to their audience. This disclosuee would allow those making that claim to demonstrate if their claims are accurate, and it allows those about whom the claim is made to demonstrate that the claim is inaccurate.
The only relevance to gamergate is that they'd be able to doxx people who support figures they don't like.
So what of importance is in their database that one could not find by otherwise searching the web? From the email i received from patreon i reckon the only actual private thing is the exact sum i pay to who. Some find addresses to be private, but at-least in my case any one can find where i live by looking on the local yellow pages website.
Some GamerGate supporters have made claims that video game reviewers have covered games and develelopers that they have backed financially through Patreon without disclosing this to their audience. This disclosuee would allow those making that claim to demonstrate if their claims are accurate, and it allows those about whom the claim is made to demonstrate that the claim is inaccurate.
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Fines? It would do more damage than good(if there's any good that is). One of the best things about the information age is the ability for anyone to take part in it. You could be selling glow sticks to a guy a thousand miles away from you. If there were fines, it would scare away people with less technical skills who would want to start something new. What we must do is introduce certifications, this would help make…
If you're an inexperienced startup then perhaps you shouldn't be taking risks with my data. If I bought glowsticks at the mall and they injured me when I used them I would expect consumer protection laws to issue fines to make selling them too risky a venture, why shouldn't I be protected by a similar mechanism for injury caused by leaky data?
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If you're an inexperienced startup then perhaps you shouldn't be taking risks with my data. If I bought glowsticks at the mall and they injured me when I used them I would expect consumer protection laws to issue fines to make selling them too risky a venture, why shouldn't I be protected by a similar mechanism for injury caused by leaky data?
omg, stop being such babies. You can't run a startup without risk, I am sure you have been around the startup world to notice how much risk these startups take in order to be successful, as a society we should encourage people to take more risks, and help them, not become a barrier to their success.