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I think you're right. If there's one thing we've learned, it's that all information which is stored digitally will be leaked at one point or another. We need

I think you're right. If there's one thing we've learned, it's that all information which is stored digitally will be leaked at one point or another. We need to focus on storing less information wherever possible. Also, where do you live? I've never heard of that treatment being given to someone who forgot to lock his car. On the other hand, when people lock keys in their car, policemen are generally happy to help.

mlang23 6y ago
Something similar applies here with weapons. If you are a legal weapon owner, it is expected of you that you take care so that nobody can just pick up your gun and start shooting. You need to store it unloaded, munitions stored separately, and all that jazz. The same thinking goes for the unlocked car thing? What if a child gets into your car, starts it up and drives over their siblings? In a way, the car owner would be responsible because they didnt ensure the car was properly locked. Same thinking should apply for sensitive data. If it gets stolen, it should always be the responsibility of those which have been charged with taking care of it.
- mmm_grayons 6y ago
  More or less true; those who hold data bear responsibility for it. The biggest issue is that unlike, say, bank robberies, people can steal data from beyond the long arm of the law. As a sidenote, where do you live that firearms owners are obligated to store them unloaded? They're of little use that way. I grew up around loaded guns all over the house, not hidden at all; I knew that if I ever so much as touched one, my father would tan my hide beyond belief. More importantly, I knew I'd just end up hurting myself or others.
- PeterisP 6y ago
  One thing here is that sensitive data getting stolen does not necessarily mean that the data controller was negligent with their safeguarding. There definitely are highly publicised cases that happened just because of gross negligence in handling that data. But to some extent, every system is vulnerable, and there are also attacks that are, using your gun and car analogies as an example, the equivalent of stealing the gun from your safe or taking your car at gunpoint while you're stopped at a red light.

mlang23 6y ago

Something similar applies here with weapons. If you are a legal weapon owner, it is expected of you that you take care so that nobody can just pick up your gun and start shooting. You need to store it unloaded, munitions stored separately, and all that jazz. The same thinking goes for the unlocked car thing? What if a child gets into your car, starts it up and drives over their siblings? In a way, the car owner would be responsible because they didnt ensure the car was properly locked. Same thinking should apply for sensitive data. If it gets stolen, it should always be the responsibility of those which have been charged with taking care of it.

mmm_grayons 6y ago
More or less true; those who hold data bear responsibility for it. The biggest issue is that unlike, say, bank robberies, people can steal data from beyond the long arm of the law. As a sidenote, where do you live that firearms owners are obligated to store them unloaded? They're of little use that way. I grew up around loaded guns all over the house, not hidden at all; I knew that if I ever so much as touched one, my father would tan my hide beyond belief. More importantly, I knew I'd just end up hurting myself or others.
PeterisP 6y ago
One thing here is that sensitive data getting stolen does not necessarily mean that the data controller was negligent with their safeguarding. There definitely are highly publicised cases that happened just because of gross negligence in handling that data. But to some extent, every system is vulnerable, and there are also attacks that are, using your gun and car analogies as an example, the equivalent of stealing the gun from your safe or taking your car at gunpoint while you're stopped at a red light.