Ahh, here we go again! The data breach merry go round. Tip to anyone reading this: Use HN/search and find other examples of data breaches to know exactly how t

Ahh, here we go again! The data breach merry go round. Tip to anyone reading this: Use HN/search and find other examples of data breaches to know exactly how these comments will play out, we can even use an AI to simulate this exact situation! "We're weally sowwy about this, have free credit reporting on us! (P.S we don't care, nothing bad will actually happen to us so sucks to be you! bye!)" (source: Experian/Equifax leaks or any data leak ever) Meanwhile nothing ever changes, nobody is imprisoned or even mildly inconvenienced whilst those affected have to deal with the fallout... To be honest, it'd be better to stop calling them "breaches" and just call it "already public data was made public, again". This data is not, was not, and can not be considered 'private' at this point. Your data is always leaking; consider your name/address/SSN/DOB and anything else part of the immutable public record. You could call it... A permanent record.