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Equifax breach and stolen identities? Cambridge Analytica and the 2016 US Presidential election? Ashley Madison and affairs being revealed? We can go back and
by jakelazaroff 8y ago
Equifax breach and stolen identities? Cambridge Analytica and the 2016 US Presidential election? Ashley Madison and affairs being revealed?
We can go back and forth about the best way to deal with this, but it's crazy to think that this systemic gobbling up of personal data doesn't have real consequences.
- jimmaswell 8y agoI don't see it as fair to say those are consequences of the companies being allowed to have the data in the first place. They're consequences of poor security. We don't blame spam on email or food poisoning on food, do we? A GDPR-like approach to solving spam would be outlawing all automated or business-related use of email.