American spy hacked Booking.com, company stayed silent

Post by Griffinsauce » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 7:39 PM UTC

shmatt wrote: post #171

hammock wrote: post #159

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How could allowing random countries to spy on your customers not be considered a hindrance? Don't you think this would cost you future customers?

I don't think anyone assumes the booking for their next family vacation or business trip can't be tracked. They use their credit card and their telephone number at least As for losing the customer base of drug kingpins and wanted terrorists, they're probably OK with losing them

Post by dep_b » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 7:49 PM UTC

jhugo wrote: post #185

fsflover wrote: post #143

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> Booking offered better prices than the hotels themselves In this case, you can contact the hotel and ask for a better offer. Works sometimes.

I've tried this many times and the hotel usually says "I guess you should book it online then"

Post by kube-system » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 7:51 PM UTC

jdavis703 wrote: post #168

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>> black hat hackers How are foreign intelligence services not black hats? They are stealing data in order to use it for any number of non-nice things. Not selling the data on the dark web doesn't bleach their hats.

If intelligence agencies are after you you’ve got way bigger problems than some fraudsters using your data for financial scams. It’s the same reason smart lock hacks don’t scare me… Anyone who is exploiting technology to gain physical access to my physical body is going to get me, regardless if I get hacked or not (e.g. thugs could just kick my door in, or wait outside and launch an ambush).

Post by cheeze » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 7:58 PM UTC

kupopuffs wrote: post #234

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> Before anyone harshes me for this I met a chick with a smirnoff lanyard who was getting free shots without being from them too How does that make anything better?

Yeah, now I hate two people instead of one!

Post by hemloc_io » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 8:03 PM UTC

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #90

jb1991 wrote: post #27

This isn’t surprising to me. I know lots of people who work for this company in the Netherlands, and I’ve heard a lot of inside stories about the questionable business practices that go on there. Starting at the very top, with the fraudulent marketing lies to sell you rooms because there’s only X number of rooms left, which is entirely bogus, and for which the courts have punished them, if I recall. They’re not inter…

> It is unfortunate, that this is what the tech industry has evolved into. My thoughts, exactly. I started off in the 1980s, just as tech was starting to become mainstream. In the early days, we were not the most "socially well-adjusted" crew, but were fairly enthusiastic about the tech, with most of us working for the love of the craft. Then, the money started to pour in. It was inevitable. That brought the sharks a…