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If the vendor is collecting every bit of personal data that they can get rather than an unknown third party doing the same thing, is it a security issue?
by hackuser 11y ago
If the vendor is collecting every bit of personal data that they can get rather than an unknown third party doing the same thing, is it a security issue?
- vitd 11y agoAbsolutely. If big name stores, health insurers, and even banks can barely keep their machines secure, then I have no faith that Random J. Company, Inc. is going to keep their customer data secure.
- hackuser 11y agoThat's a good point. I meant something a little different (but wasn't 100% clear): Why is Random J. Company's access to and use of the data any less of a security breach than some unknown third party accessing and using the data? Someone might say that user consent is a difference, but I doubt more than a very few users understand the scale of data collection, much less the implications.