Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users
by WendyTheWillow on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @08:33PM
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I don't get that, because we wait for people to do crimes before we punish them.
Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users
by illiac786 on Thursday December 07, 2023 @12:04AM
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again, I'm not talking about arrest or punishment.
I'm talking about prevention. Like "don't walk at night in this area alone".
Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users
by WendyTheWillow on Thursday December 07, 2023 @01:13PM
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That rule is as a result of bad things happening while walking alone at night.
I know what you’re talking about, I just don’t think you realize how such things become rules. We very rarely, if ever, create preventative rules, and when we do the rules are terrible because we don’t know the issue well enough.
DNA was not leaked. ancestry only.
>someone dying by getting hit by a car is more serious than someone's SSN getting leaked.
yes, I don't see why the analogy is not valid anymore though. Analogy was about preemption, not gravity of the issue.
>If that's such a big issue, why hasn't more happened already?
Don't know, but we are running circles, my point is, we shouldn't wait for more to happen. I thought you got that.