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Re:Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database wi... by jstanley on Friday June 29, 2018 @03:21AM (#17422984)
> > fines don't usually go to the people injured by it,

> Well they do. Our government takes money through fines and taxes and uses it to build infrastructure and provide services.

That's only true if you consider the public at large to be equivalent to any individual member of the public, or if you believe only the government is "injured" by a data breach.

If I stole all your money and repaid it in fines to the government instead of directly to you, would you consider the matter settled?

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Re:Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database wi... by geocar on Friday June 29, 2018 @03:28AM (#17423008)
> That's only true...

Nonsense.

> If I stole all your money and repaid it in fines to the government instead of directly to you, would you consider the matter settled?

I mean, that's typically how it works.

People get robbed by people who don't have the ability to directly restore what they've taken, so the state takes them into custody and makes them a productive member of society.

Would I consider the matter settled? Gee, I've seen some really stupid arguments on the Internet that have made me wish I could punch someone over TCP/IP, but while I'm wishing I'm not going to wish for that either.

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Re:Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database wi... by jstanley on Friday June 29, 2018 @03:32AM (#17423025)
> Nonsense.

Can you please detail why paying a fine to the government is the same thing as paying a fine to the people injured by a crime?

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