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Maybe my perspective on Universities is quite different, but I don't understand the complaints of the author. This is a public University, they likely outsourc

Maybe my perspective on Universities is quite different, but I don't understand the complaints of the author. This is a public University, they likely outsource some of their IT and somewhere a data breach happened. This data breach apparently affected all employees and students/former students. The faceless "they" the author is blaming in all likelihood was effected more drastically than him. The 30 dollars is not a payment for the data. It is a compensation for the damages, something which the author admits are likely zero, as previous data breaches already impacted him more drastically. What should the university have done? 30 dollars seem reasonable for the damage caused.

autoexec 11mo ago
> What should the university have done? They should have not collected any more data than they needed, deleted the data they had the instant it wasn't absolutely required, and securely stored all data they truly had to retain. It really isn't that hard to do those things, it's just harder (and more expensive) than not giving a shit, but universities (and just about everyone else hoovering up your private data) just don't give a shit about you and they know they'll get away with it when their negligence/incompetence results in a breach. The fact that in this instance the breach may have also impacted some of the same people who decided to be so massively irresponsible doesn't change anything.
LightBug1 11mo ago
"likely zero" If I was (and have been) subject to a data breach, I can guarantee the damages involved are not zero. Even if no specific fraud has taken place (yet). Time is money.