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This is the new model for non-petty theft. Rather than target individual credit card holders, just target the watering holes -- which, like credit cards themsel
by eliteraspberrie 13y ago
This is the new model for non-petty theft. Rather than target individual credit card holders, just target the watering holes -- which, like credit cards themselves (in the US) have near zero security.
- sigkill 13y agoTo be fair, technology makes it easy to firehose-vacuum data for both the government and civilians if you know how to wield that power. The government needs to supply a letter stating that they're 'quartering troops' in your datacenters in an abstract manner (bureaucratic exploit) while the normal user learns the intricacies of the system and uses that (technological exploit). It so happens that fixing bureaucratic 0days are harder than fixing tech. 0days.