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Re:Equifax C.E.O. Richard Smith Retires After Huge Data Breach by grasshopperpurp on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:21PM (#15340710)
> Equifax was negligent to spill all that data, but a business model that requires all that data in one place is itself a form of negligence. - Matt Blaze

http://thehill.com/opinion/technology/350197-equifax-breach-...

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Re:Equifax C.E.O. Richard Smith Retires After Huge Data Breach by g051051 on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:37PM (#15340863)
I'm not sure how this opinion piece figures in to anything. He's entitled to his opinion like anyone else, but his saying it's negligence, without any legal basis for the claim, is just puffery.
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Re:Equifax C.E.O. Richard Smith Retires After Huge Data Breach by grasshopperpurp on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @03:08PM (#15341620)
You disagree that the business model itself is a form of negligence?
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Re:Equifax C.E.O. Richard Smith Retires After Huge Data Breach by g051051 on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @03:13PM (#15341648)
Of course. You don't?
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