It's a red flag when a company says they are, "in strict compliance with relevant privacy laws."
Complying with the law is the bare minimum.
Samsung Recent Security Incident
101–110 of 172 posts
Re: Samsung Recent Security Incident
#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes. But it is becoming increasingly difficult with "smart" or "connected" devices. Sometimes you have to fill forms to access services or agree with EULA's with abusive terms. If you disagree with the terms, you become ostracized because everybody else from your circles accepted those terms and nobody is using your open-source/decentralized/federated network or services. You can't expect common people to be reasonab…
We don't need laws just dont buy their products. You're asking a business to change it's business practices because you don't like them. Free market.
It's becoming more and more difficult to do so. I can't remember the last time I bought a piece of electronics that didn't have a EULA. At this point, I half expect my breakfast cereal to come with a T&C.
Re: Samsung Recent Security Incident
#103My reaction to this news.
Reset password > get into account > delete the account.
A useless account that i shouldn't have used anyway.
Pixel + Calyx FTW.
Re: Samsung Recent Security Incident
#104Just here to remind everyone that Samsung televisions take screenshots at regular intervals of what you watch and sends this to be stored with the same level of “security”.
There doesn't seem any kind of smart device that's actually trust worthy.
I have an LG TV that I rooted using a vuln in the browser, I got ad-free YouTube, and supposedly less telemetry, but other than that I'm not sure there is a Better option.
Re: Samsung Recent Security Incident
#105Can someone explain to me what the purpose of date of birth collection is? If it’s to verify the person is an adult, anyone can just lie. And why not just ask for age or age range instead?
Re: Samsung Recent Security Incident
#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
I got the same. I find it insulting to offer a credit check. If I wanted, I would get 20 credit checks just this year. Credit checks are also (mostly) free. Everyone and their mother offers them. Why would that do me any good for checking? How does it remediate or mitigate the loss I have?
> Everyone and their mother offers them. I'm pretty sure the US government offers them for free, and anyone else doing it "for free" is only using at a means to collect and sell your personal information. Using some random site like getmemyfreecreditcheck.com or whatever is pretty much asking for your privacy to be violated.
not that annualcreditreport.com feels any less random.
Re: Samsung Recent Security Incident
#107> but in some cases, may have affected information such as name, contact and demographic information, date of birth, and That's all you need to steal someone's identity. Major reason why I never give any website my real birthday, and use a password manager to remember all the various "birthdays" I've been required to provide for no ostensible reason. If we wanted to hammer out a quick and effective privacy legislatio…
I usually give them 1970/1/1 as my birthday. That's easier to remember, since password managers don't work well with date inputs sometimes.
Re: Samsung Recent Security Incident
#108Was the hacking state-sponsored?
Re: Samsung Recent Security Incident
#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I wish we could stop propagating the idea that it's possible to "steal someone's identity" Identity theft is a term that comes from the fact that you can use this information to open up a bank account or become someone digitally, not because they steal your personality. It’s a great term because exemplifies the gross negligence and liability that comes with egregious misuse of personal data
There was a push a while back to call it bank fraud. Because the banks are the victims and should be responsible to protect/insure themselves. By calling it identity theft, we are saying individuals are the victims and should protect the banks from someone pretending to be them. Edit: I also believe there was an argument that banks reporting to credit agencies based on fraudulent activity from a 3rd party should be t…
Every bank I deal with (3 of them) take responsibility for any claims from identity theft/bank fraud. Looks like the push worked!
Re: Samsung Recent Security Incident
#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've got a fairly common Gmail address as my primary. I get all kinds of account sign-ups, and also home purchase paperwork and sheriff's office employment offers, from multiple states. I used to feel bad, and spent a couple years trying to get in contact and correct whoever used my email. Now? Fuck em. If you use my email, it's my account. I just deleted "my" Roku account and unsubscribed to the services attached to…
>Now? Fuck em. If you use my email, it's my account. I just deleted "my" Roku account and unsubscribed to the services attached to it (required to delete an account). >Me deleting "your" account is the least-abusive thing I could do if you sign up with my email address. This is illegal, CFAA of 1996. Them signing up with your email is a mistake, you deliberately modifying data that isn't your own because of that is i…
It's not illegal per cfaa, the individual who signed up did not own the email or have a reasonable/any entitlement to it. Above poster deleting the account is accessed through fully legal and intended means by service provider. The law would treat poster's deletion as fraud protection, which arguably it is. That data you claim its not theirs isn't true.