120M American Households Exposed In 'Massive' ConsumerView Database Leak

Re:120M American Households Exposed In 'Massive' ConsumerVie... by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @08:17PM (#15966134)

For the first 100 years, we just arrested folks who actually faked records or stole things. Now we do it if they don't make it impossible?

I know, networks change everything. But inside a secure facility its often (always) the case that personal integrity (and maybe some audits) is used to ensure correctness most of the time.

Somebody working in a hospital could steal prescriptions off of patient's tables, could lift wallets and purses, heck could even take a knife and attack people. But instead of hobbling everybody and locking everything up, we instead trust folks. And take action when somebody un-trustworthy violates that.

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Re:120M American Households Exposed In 'Massive' ConsumerVie... by heartbreak on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @08:27PM (#15966182)

> For the first 100 years, we just arrested folks who actually faked records or stole things. Now we do it if they don't make it impossible?

First, "impossible" is taking the argument to the extreme. Second, the insecure network OP described is negligence. Perhaps they were even reckless. That's not a new concept.

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