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Re:The privacy wars are about to get a whole lot worse by CaptSpify on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @06:39PM (#12448572)
Do you regularly hire contractors and then never look over the work they do? Because I don't, and frankly, that's kind of idiotic. The data is your responsibility, not theirs. They also have no interest in the longevity of your company, why would you trust them without checking what they are doing? As a customer, I don't care how Home-Depot handed out my CC info, I care that they did.

Sure some hacks happened despite companies putting forth their best effort, but hand-waving the responsibility to contractors is not the answer.

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Re:The privacy wars are about to get a whole lot worse by ahartman00 on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @07:02PM (#12448755)
"Do you regularly hire contractors and then never look over the work they do?"

I dont when it comes to software. For say legal services, I dont have many options, as I am not an expert. The point I was trying to make is that sometimes people hire contractors because they dont have the expertise. How are they supposed to review something they dont understand? Saying every organization should have top notch IT on staff so this doesnt happen is hand-waving as well.

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Re:The privacy wars are about to get a whole lot worse by CaptSpify on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @07:21PM (#12448873)
There's a famous saying along the lines of "If you are rich, hire two accountants. One to keep track of your books, and another to keep track of the first guy"

If you provide sensitive information to anyone that you don't have legal recourse against, then I don't really have any sympathy for you. If you make a bad business decision and it leaks my info, I'm not upset because someone took it without your approval, I'm upset because it was leaked.

There's a cost/benefit risk to everything. If you want to take the route of working with contractors, you have to weight the risks for that as well.

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Re:The privacy wars are about to get a whole lot worse by ahartman00 on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @07:27PM (#12448898)
"If you are rich, hire two accountants. One to keep track of your books, and another to keep track of the first guy"

Brilliant, I hadnt heard of/thought of that.

"There's a cost/benefit risk to everything. If you want to take the route of working with contractors, you have to weight the risks for that as well."

True, I would just like to point out that hiring your own staff might no work out either...

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Re:The privacy wars are about to get a whole lot worse by CaptSpify on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @08:06PM (#12449126)
Oh absolutely. The other side isn't necessarily better, it just comes with a different set of risks/costs/benefits. You have to weigh those against each other to see which makes more sense for your situation.

But if you take the less safe/secure option, you can't expect much sympathy.

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Re:The privacy wars are about to get a whole lot worse by ams6110 on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @10:17PM (#12449748)
Do you regularly hire contractors and then never look over the work they do?

Most people do this all the time. When you have your car serviced, do you look over the work? Some people do, sure -- those who know what to look for. Most people don't, because they have no basis upon which to judge the quality of the work.

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