Re:Capital One’s breach was inevitable, because we did nothi...
by mschuster91 on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @08:36AM
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Well then easy solution: you refrain from opting in into personal ID cards, but you're responsible for all fraudular and other activity that is done under your name and could have been prevented by having an ID card lock down your identity.
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Re:Capital One’s breach was inevitable, because we did nothi...
by homonculus1 on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:07AM
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Holding victims civilly liable for fraud is not a fair or liberal alternative to government monitoring. Should I also have no recourse when my house is burglarized if I fail to install cameras that send a feed to the police?
Re:Capital One’s breach was inevitable, because we did nothi...
by mschuster91 on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @10:57AM
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> Should I also have no recourse when my house is burglarized if I fail to install cameras that send a feed to the police?
That comparison is wrong on multiple levels:
1) you may be automatically at fault already when not doing what the government is requiring you to do for public safety reasons (for example, your car has a rusty brake pipe, you do not do the yearly mandatory checkup, pipe explodes, car crashes into something)
2) contrary to a feed to the police, showing your federal ID card at a bank or car dealership when applying for a loan does not cause the government to know you were at the bank or the car dealership. Therefore it is not surveillance.