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And given that a lot of the staff working those desks aren't librarians + are working part time, it's also great incentive for bad actors to get jobs in librari
by Mezzie 4y ago
And given that a lot of the staff working those desks aren't librarians + are working part time, it's also great incentive for bad actors to get jobs in libraries specifically to start stealing that data.
- warkdarrior 4y agoNot sure data theft from homeless or poor people is a major threat. What could an attacker gain from that?
- Mezzie 4y agoI can see some value in it for scammers, hackers, and businesses that pray on the poor. (For example the 'buy now, pay later' Aaron's Rent-A-Center type businesses). Or for identity theft.
- ryukafalz 4y agoIf this were discovered the library as their employer would necessarily have sufficient personal information to prosecute them. That’s a lot more risk than your typical online scammer has.
- acdha 4y agoThat seems like a movie plot threat: who’s going to go to library school, pass a background check (government job, access to children), and actually do a job which isn’t easy and doesn’t pay anywhere near enough just in the hopes that someone will walk in the door with enough money to be worth scamming in a manner which is both obvious and easily traced to them?