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Given the state of cybersecurity right now, is there any organization or domain AT ALL which is strong and model-worthy when it comes to cybersecurity?
by crispyambulance 7y ago
Given the state of cybersecurity right now, is there any organization or domain AT ALL which is strong and model-worthy when it comes to cybersecurity?
- cm2012 7y agoBig tech. Google, especially.
- Doodood 7y agoHow so?
- dodobirdlord 7y agoIn the wake of discovery of attacks by China[0] and the NSA[1] Google has adopted a nation-state actor threat model and a siege mentality around data access and encryption. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aurora https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aurora [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-infiltrates-links-to-yahoo-google-data-centers-worldwide-snowden-documents-say/2013/10/30/e51d661e-4166-11e3-8b74-d89d714ca4dd_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-i...
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- dredmorbius 7y agoAny idea if that siege mentality is part of the reason for sunsetting its social projects?
- xyst 7y agoTo be honest, Google is the last company I want handling my health data. If you don't check the right boxes, it could end up being "anonymized", and sold off.
- NilsIRL 7y agoPrivacy is not security
- baroffoos 7y agoGoogle is very good at precisely controlling what happens to the data. You never hear about some huge leak where 1B google accounts had their whole data taken.
- dredmorbius 7y agoThere have been two reported Google breaches, both small. https://www.oag.ca.gov/privacy/databreach/list?field_sb24_org_name_value=google&field_sb24_breach_date_value%5Bmin%5D%5Bdate%5D=&field_sb24_breach_date_value%5Bmax%5D%5Bdate%5D= https://www.oag.ca.gov/privacy/databreach/list?field_sb24_or... Curiously, the "data breach" for which Google+ was supposedly shut down ... is not listed.