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This is ridiculous. Does anyone have any insight into how these security breaches keep happening? Is it rampant carelessness on the part of the companies, some new technology that's opening a significant number of new exploits, or is it an escalation on the efforts/persistence of hackers?
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It's OUR data, and WE as individuals are the ones who have to clean up the mess after aggregators spill it. Perfect security is impossible, but let's not forget 1) who is harmed, or 2) who is getting rich and who will in a worst case will cut their losses, go bankrupt, then start another company with the accumulated weath.
It's not YOUR data. It belongs to the COMPANY. If I draw a sketch of you sitting on a subway, sorry, but you don't own the sketch.
I really don't know what it is going to take to shift people from thinking "oh no, my private data leaked" to "I really don't have any private data." Honestly, look at the stuff that was leaked: - Names: this is public information - Addresses: this is public information - Bank Account Details: this is on every check you've ever written - SSN: this is on so many applications for things and compromised so many times it…
> - Names: this is public information - Addresses: this is public information - Bank Account Details: this is on every check you've ever written - SSN: this is on so many applications for things and compromised so many times it can't be realistically called private - Account Login Details: not to be pedantic but this is a shared secret and should be treated as such Those may not be difficult for an adversary that tar…
I really don't know what it is going to take to shift people from thinking "oh no, my private data leaked" to "I really don't have any private data." Honestly, look at the stuff that was leaked: - Names: this is public information - Addresses: this is public information - Bank Account Details: this is on every check you've ever written - SSN: this is on so many applications for things and compromised so many times it…
You can find my address, but it will require efforts.