Re:The Effectiveness of Publicly Shaming Bad Security
by BeetleB on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @11:26AM
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>Not really a life or death situation was it?
It very much can be. Look at some of the largest cases of embezzlement/fraud in history where many people's life savings/retirement were completely lost. In the short term, some people commit suicide. In the longer run, they die of poor health because they don't have much money when they're old and sick.
Although I don't know anyone who committed suicide, I do personally know people impacted by what at the time was the largest case of embezzlement in history (back in the 90's). I've seen the impact it has. And I can assure you, shaming a public company is nothing compared to what those people go through. If we had a better hammer to coax the companies to fix these things, I would advocate for it. For now, public shaming is not effective enough an approach.
It very much can be. Look at some of the largest cases of embezzlement/fraud in history where many people's life savings/retirement were completely lost. In the short term, some people commit suicide. In the longer run, they die of poor health because they don't have much money when they're old and sick.
Although I don't know anyone who committed suicide, I do personally know people impacted by what at the time was the largest case of embezzlement in history (back in the 90's). I've seen the impact it has. And I can assure you, shaming a public company is nothing compared to what those people go through. If we had a better hammer to coax the companies to fix these things, I would advocate for it. For now, public shaming is not effective enough an approach.