On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Kurt Seifried wrote: > > 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. >
Let alone the fact that peopoe, individuals, tend to ahve very short term memories of such events, unless directly affected by the event. Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you get'em 'cause she comes back." --B.B. King ***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!*** OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/