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> attributed to the Better Business Bureau, noted information security experts is this a humorous reference that I didn't get? BBB?
by albert_e 3y ago
> attributed to the Better Business Bureau, noted information security experts
is this a humorous reference that I didn't get? BBB?
- tetris11 3y agoThey're a non-profit for consumer protection, well meaning with the knowledge they have: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Business_Bureau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Business_Bureau
- albert_e 3y agoHmm. But are they really "noted information security experts" though? I would have thought information security would be incidental and only one of the hundreds of aspects of business that they might look at when safeguarding consumers transacting with businesses of all kinds -- many of which (say plumbing or construction or bakeries) may hardly have infosec at the forefront. There are far more prevalent poor business practices, of the routine type - say deficient services or false advertisements, that I believe go to BBB's attention. I never came across BBB being quoted/cited in infosec and IT contexts -- it may be just my ignorance -- happy to be educated.
- alibrarydweller 3y agoI think this was wry humor.
- jcrawfordor 3y agoI meant it as a joke, the BBB putting out consumer protection pieces about scams and malware was common in the '00s and they generally weren't any better than what journalists with no background in the topic were producing.