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The Death of Privacy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-over-it dept.

Debra D'Agostino writes, "Why don't companies care about privacy? Because there's not enough money to be made from securing sensitive customer information, says Jeff Rothfeder in an article posted recently at CIO Insight. Furthermore, there's not enough money to be lost in privacy breaches for companies to care. 'Most companies claim that privacy is a priority — chiefly because they believe consumers are more willing to do repeat business with them if personal information is carefully handled,' he writes. 'But in reality, many companies are woefully inept at protecting privacy.'"

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  1. Tagging Beta by flokati · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can see me in a few months, "What was that story that came to an obvious conclusion? Oh yeah, I'll just search for 'duh'!"

  2. the absence of evidence is not... by mlow82 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The founding fathers didnt see any need for privacy whatsoever. If they did, they would have included it as part of the Bill of Rights.
    The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence!! There are known knowns and there are known unknowns. But there's also unknown unknowns—things we don't know that we don't know.

    I don't care what...
    Say 'what' again! Say 'what' again!!! I dare you...I double dare you, motherfucker! Say 'what' one more time!