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The problem I have is that you are conflating potential damage and actual damage as the same thing, which is not how you accurately measure risk. I am honestly
by wilsonnb 8y ago
The problem I have is that you are conflating potential damage and actual damage as the same thing, which is not how you accurately measure risk.
I am honestly confused as to how you interpreted my last comment as "utterly cavalier about the prospect of ruining people's lives", when all I said was that your assumption doesn't take into account the actual probability of data being leaked and it doesn't weigh any of the benefits of data collection against that risk.
- rectang 8y agoSmall-likelihood times many-chances times grave-consequences equals a finite but significant number of lives wrecked. A gamble you deem acceptable. I can only hope that karma visits those who arrogate to themselves the decision to sacrifice a few of their fellow human beings: may they and their loved ones become the sacrifices.