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>customers’ email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and frequent flyer numbers So all things that have likely been leaked 30 times already? Perhaps except
by Workaccount2 1y ago
>customers’ email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and frequent flyer numbers
So all things that have likely been leaked 30 times already? Perhaps except the fly miles
- amelius 1y agoYes, it's a sad situation we're in. We need am indirection step in addresses. So companies don't have our actual address but instead have a handle they can use to interact with that address. And then the actual addresses should be guarded with more responsibility.
- sidpatil 1y agoJapan Post is rolling out such a system: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44117779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44117779
- ceejayoz 1y agoApple also does it via “hide my email”.
- dns_snek 1y agoBut that's just an identifier which you can easily update when you move, like a domain=>IP mapping? Businesses still have your physical address. A system where they didn't get our address at all would be great but I think we would also need alternative payment providers that don't share any billing-related address information with the business.
- atonse 1y agoI love this idea, but then doesn’t it create a centralized target for hackers? I suppose that’s still better cuz then it also creates a centralized point and resources for securing the database.
- LPisGood 1y agoIt’s weird to think that just a few years ago your phone number and address were shared with tens of thousands of people in a massive book. I feel like if you have someone’s name, it’s not hard at all to find their birthday
- djmips 1y agoI bet the a White Pages publishers are kicking themselves that they never thought of extortion!
- makeitdouble 1y agoAnd you paid every year to not be listed. The core principle was indeed similar.
- esseph 1y agoMore details further in there, but they also leaked passport data.