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The author thinks that $30 is an inappropriate amount, but does not suggest what he thinks the correct sum should be. It is my opinion that, as with anything that can be copied infinitely for free, his (and my) personal information is worth $0.
The author thinks that $30 is an inappropriate amount, but does not suggest what he thinks the correct sum should be. It is my opinion that, as with anything that can be copied infinitely for free, his (and my) personal information is worth $0.
I realize I’m responding to an account created four minutes ago but… the output of nearly all work done on a computer meets this criteria. Is all work done on a computer worth $0 in your view?
This is a public University, they likely outsource some of their IT and somewhere a data breach happened. This data breach apparently affected all employees and students/former students. The faceless "they" the author is blaming in all likelihood was effected more drastically than him.
The 30 dollars is not a payment for the data. It is a compensation for the damages, something which the author admits are likely zero, as previous data breaches already impacted him more drastically.
What should the university have done? 30 dollars seem reasonable for the damage caused.
The author thinks that $30 is an inappropriate amount, but does not suggest what he thinks the correct sum should be. It is my opinion that, as with anything that can be copied infinitely for free, his (and my) personal information is worth $0.
This would include all software, every movie, song, book, photograph, and TV show available anywhere. I'm glad that the rest of society has decided to place the value of those types of things a little higher than you do.
The multi-billion dollar a year industry of buying and selling our most personal data only exists because that data isn't worthless. It's extremely valuable, even yours, and the fact that others are using it will end up costing you again and again throughout your life, often monetarily.
I wonder how much more organizations would value PII if we could legally demand all of the PII of the executive officers for that same price.
Rembered that time when Ford estimated human life to not be worth enough in case of lawsuit to add a $5 piece to prevent their cars from exploding on rear impact. I love faceless capitalism. Edit: iirc that was about $750
Well, there's got to be some estimate put on it. It's obviously not worth adding a $5 trillion piece to a vehicle to make it safer, and it's obviously worth spending an extra 0.05¢ to make it safer.
They valued it in terms of legal fees and possible "compensation" (yay dad is dead but we got 5k), no lawsuit and your value is exaclty zero.
Maybe my perspective on Universities is quite different, but I don't understand the complaints of the author. This is a public University, they likely outsource some of their IT and somewhere a data breach happened. This data breach apparently affected all employees and students/former students. The faceless "they" the author is blaming in all likelihood was effected more drastically than him. The 30 dollars is not a…
They should have not collected any more data than they needed, deleted the data they had the instant it wasn't absolutely required, and securely stored all data they truly had to retain. It really isn't that hard to do those things, it's just harder (and more expensive) than not giving a shit, but universities (and just about everyone else hoovering up your private data) just don't give a shit about you and they know they'll get away with it when their negligence/incompetence results in a breach.
The fact that in this instance the breach may have also impacted some of the same people who decided to be so massively irresponsible doesn't change anything.
Everybody’s private information would be worth a different amount if you were talking sheer economic value. A poor persons would be very little, a rich person would be worth very much.
The author thinks that $30 is an inappropriate amount, but does not suggest what he thinks the correct sum should be. It is my opinion that, as with anything that can be copied infinitely for free, his (and my) personal information is worth $0.
> It is my opinion that, as with anything that can be copied infinitely for free, his (and my) personal information is worth $0. I realize I’m responding to an account created four minutes ago but… the output of nearly all work done on a computer meets this criteria. Is all work done on a computer worth $0 in your view?
Yes. Also, this website is very pro-piracy, which means they generally agree with me. (Saying this last part because by mentioning the age of my account it seems you're accusing me of being a troll,)
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> It is my opinion that, as with anything that can be copied infinitely for free, his (and my) personal information is worth $0. I realize I’m responding to an account created four minutes ago but… the output of nearly all work done on a computer meets this criteria. Is all work done on a computer worth $0 in your view?
>I realize I’m responding to an account created four minutes ago but… the output of nearly all work done on a computer meets this criteria. Is all work done on a computer worth $0 in your view? Yes. Also, this website is very pro-piracy, which means they generally agree with me. (Saying this last part because by mentioning the age of my account it seems you're accusing me of being a troll,)