Re: Re: choice-point screw-up and secure hashes

["Kurt Seifried" <listuser () seifried org>]

> Don't forget that it's bad for the company's image to have confidential
> customer 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
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