• Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    If something like this actually works as designed, I’d like to see companies start to offer it free to employees, in much the same way a lot of them pay for financial planning services as part of the bennies.

    With the amount of data brokers can have on people, and the sheer number of brokers, I could see something like this being a valuable component of a good enterprise security team. Help prevent social engineering breaches.

    It would also disrupt the data brokerage model, and that’s a win.

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        9 months ago

        Well sure, but we all know that’s not going to happen any time soon. So until then, approach from all available fronts.

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        9 months ago

        Have you forgotten that the govs include Intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies? They would never allow free information be taken from them.

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          9 months ago

          Have you forgotten laws don’t stop an activity? They’re just the consequences for poor citizens if they’re caught. 😆

          I’m responding to the idea that it’s something employers should offer. The private market isn’t going to fix this. They’re causing the problem and selling the “cure”.

          Govs will have access to that data regardless. They don’t need compromised account databases.