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"It’s like this: If you send data to someone over the Net, you can’t control what they do with it. At least cost-effectively. Or, if you want a good outcome. T
by rauljara 17y ago
"It’s like this: If you send data to someone over the Net, you can’t control what they do with it. At least cost-effectively. Or, if you want a good outcome.
This applies to Internet Standards. Any standard that tries to constrain the way in which data, once received, is processed, is broken."
So, is the author then opposed to having a secure, standardized way to make credit card payments? Methinks he should be using a word less broad than "data".
- csytan 17y agoWhat I got from your quote is that he thinks it's not possible to control how data is processed after it has been received -- he's not talking about the entire process. Since the data is on somebody's server, there's nothing that can be done to stop them from making poor decisions with it (such as storing CC numbers in plain text).