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Re:Telehealth startup Cerebral shared millions of patients’ ... by Zak on Friday March 10, 2023 @02:04PM (#35099320)
When measuring a large scale crime like that of Cerebral, the number of victims is as important as the magnitude of the impact. There were 3.1 million victims. Stealing a dollar each from 3.1 million people would get the kind of law enforcement response that stealing $3.1M does even though the individual impact of that crime is virtually nil.
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Re:Telehealth startup Cerebral shared millions of patients’ ... by p1esk on Friday March 10, 2023 @03:22PM (#35100392)
Stealing a dollar each from 3.1 million people would get the kind of law enforcement response that stealing $3.1M does even though the individual impact of that crime is virtually nil

That's an interesting question whether it's fair to treat it this way. I can see valid arguments on both sides.

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