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Re: Re: choice-point screw-up and secure hashes
From: "Kurt Seifried" <listuser () seifried org>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 05:02:20 -0700
Don't forget that it's bad for the company's image to have confidentialcustomer data stolen. As soon as the press catches on it's bad for business.So, companies *do* have a drive to secure your private data.
Uhhh no. See consumers such as yourself don't actually purchase services from choicepoint/etc (unless you're a Nigerian guy who is into ID theft =). Businesses do. And businesses don't care if choicepoint is secure or not, they care if choicepoint has the data. It's like Equifax, you don't buy information from them, companies you deal with do. These firms have no incentive to protect your information, because they'll never lose your business.
Sorry to break it to you, but there are no market forces to drive these companies to better security.
Kurt Seifried, kurt () seifried org A15B BEE5 B391 B9AD B0EF AEB0 AD63 0B4E AD56 E574http://seifried.org/security/
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