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DNA companies should receive the death penalty for getting hacked | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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DNA companies should receive the death penalty for getting hacked | TechCrunch::Personal data is the new gold. The recent 23andMe data breach is a stark reminder of a chilling reality -- our most intimate, personal information might

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[–] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This logic is equivalent to a bank saying, “It’s not our fault your money got stolen; you should have had a better lock on your front door.”

Isn't that exactly what the bank would tell you if someone stole your personal info from your home and used it to empty your account?

This author is a dumbass.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It seems to me like the biggest problem was that in accessing just 14,000 accounts, they got some amount of personal information of nearly 7 million people. Less "you should have had a better lock on your front door" and more "your neighbor's cousin should have had a better lock on his front door."

[–] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And a little of the old "it's really your fault for listening to us when we said you didn't need a better lock because wE tAkE cUsToMeR pRiVaCy VeRy SeRiOuSlY."