These companies should be forced to pay big money to each and every person affected by these breaches. Not like $120. Like $10,000 per. Teach them real lessons
But instead they will be fined, and they will pay that fine to the government.
They just pay up and do it again. It’s a business expense, not a punishment.
Even $120 would be amazing. I just got an email that said too bad. I just bought a monitor cause that’s where they sold it. Idk why they have to save my info. I just want to pay for the product. If it was up to me, they would delete all my info immediately. They only need to record when the serial number was sold anyway.
Oh if only I was European.
In the case of this breach, I’d be happy with a $10 payout, the consequences for me are actually pretty low here. That being said, I think we’d be lucky if Dell had to pay more than $0.50 per person, and that money will probably go to a lawyer’s fees, not me.
Can’t have my ssn stolen if it has already hit the dark web.
5d chess move right here
Dude, you’re getting a delinquency letter.
But, like, we paid our fine. Sorry 🤙
Expect a ton of Indian people calling pretending to be Dell Support.
I’m so glad we banned tik tok so my data doesn’t fall in the wrong hands.
I know you’re being flippant, but it’s worth noting that there is a considerable difference between a company getting hacked like this and an app with unfettered access to the cluster to sensors that we’ve got in our pockets.
Yeah, hackers having my data is so much better than China…
The thing with tik tok isn’t only with the data China can gather from US residents. It’s also how they can use that information to influence the populace and send them propaganda, for example influencing the election results.
They can also gather information about our politicians who use it and blackmail them to get what they want
Yep. But I guess it was already banned on government phones right? (not from the US, so I’m not all that up to date…)
Yeah but our politicians have personal phones and computers too
Ok, what information could they gather and how would they use that to influence an election?
The section Methods on the Cambridge Analytica wiki page explains it pretty well. While it’s not proven to be able to directly influence voting, it’s effective at swaying people’s opinions and emotions about subjects.
So it’s all bullshit then, got it.
Somebody needs to make a “Dell Dude meme” about this.
“Dude, you’re getting your identity stolen!”
What fuckin data is dell even getting and how?
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That’s insane to me
They emailed me earlier about it… Good thing I’ve only ever bought a monitor from them.
Sames. They make sweet monitors.
Even then, why do they need to store my personal information? After delivery, my info should be wiped besides the date of purchase for said serial number.
Holy fuck. Is that like all their customers?
lol no
