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Security breaches are bad for one party's capital, good for another party's capital. It's interesting to contemplate WHY is there a difference between the two.
by jngreenlee 9y ago
Security breaches are bad for one party's capital, good for another party's capital.
It's interesting to contemplate WHY is there a difference between the two. Security and Private both nasciently have something to do with "info I'd like to keep to myself", but I'm not sure I can come up with a hard delineation between the two, at least when you try to go above "A/S/L" and below "user/pass".
- nine_k 9y agoA security breach allows to use the victim's resources: from CPU and bandwidth to money directly on your bank account. A privacy breach allows... what? Where's a direct threat? A privacy breach can be a first step to a security breach, though. Social engineering is all about it. Social networks can be, too.
- gaius 9y agoA privacy breach allows... what? Where's a direct threat? Any means of authentication that relies on personal data. SSN, mother's maiden name, postal address, date of birth, etc.
- fauigerzigerk 9y ago>A privacy breach allows... what? Where's a direct threat? A privacy breach could mean that your job application is rejected, that you pay higher interest on a loan or higher insurance premiums. It could mean that your health insurance refuses cover for some treatment because some data points towards a pre-existing condition. You could be rejected as a tenant based on the scoring done by a referencing agency or you could get searched every time you cross a border. In a more unlikely event could even become the victim of a miscarriage of justice or get blackmailed by a corrupt government official.
- bigbugbag 9y agoPrivacy is the basis for fundamental freedoms.