RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 6 days agoVW Suffers Major Breach Exposing Location of 800k Electric Vehiclescyberinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: cybersecurity
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minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 days agoBreaches can’t hurt a company if you just STOP FUCKING COLLECTING THAT DATA IN THE FIRST PLACE.
minus-squareScottlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoWithout being too specific, I did work for a automaker and they collected a scary amount of data used to make targeted service recommendations.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoBreaches need to hurt them a LOT more before they’ll take action.
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoCollecting location data on nearly a million people should be a bankruptcy and jail time sized offence.
Breaches can’t hurt a company if you just STOP FUCKING COLLECTING THAT DATA IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Without being too specific, I did work for a automaker and they collected a scary amount of data used to make targeted service recommendations.
Breaches need to hurt them a LOT more before they’ll take action.
Collecting location data on nearly a million people should be a bankruptcy and jail time sized offence.