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> Yeah, I don't care if a big chain restaurant is closed down for having too poor hygiene. But I would feel bad if someone's small restaurant had to shut down because the cook doesn't bother to wash his hands at work. If you are holding other people's data for them, you have a responsibility to do your best to keep the data safe. If you don't know how to do that and don't have time to learn, you can hire someone who…
And what about the responsibility to not destroy someone's property? Do you have the same opinion about shoplifters walking away with merchandise? Would your argument be that there should be armed guards and searches in every retail store? Isn't it reasonable that a thief be criticized and penalized for their actions even if the theft was "easy" to commit and is it OK to blame the victim for not being prepared?
I'm sympathetic for the people who were only storing their own data, but not for companies that failed to safeguard their customers' data. If I borrow stuff from friends, I take better care of it than if it were mine. I hold companies to the same standard.