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At What Point Does Storing Passwords in Plaintext Become Criminally Negligent

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday April 08 2018, @02:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the easier-to-check-that-way dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/04/another-day-another-breach-at-what-point-does-storing-passwords-in-plaintext-become-criminally-negligent/

The third largest breach ever just happened in Finland. Passwords were stored in plaintext. At T-Mobile Austria, they explain that of course they store the password in plaintext, but they have so good security so it's nothing to worry about. At what point does this become criminally negligent?

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  • (Score: 2) by Wootery on Monday April 09 2018, @09:31AM (2 children)

    by Wootery (2341) on Monday April 09 2018, @09:31AM (#664318)

    You're a troll, but anyway: if I fire a gun down a busy street, but luckily don't harm anyone or anything, should I be arrested?

    If you think Yes, then you think that irresponsible negligence should be punishable by law, at least some of the time.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 09 2018, @10:07AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 09 2018, @10:07AM (#664330)

    As always, your question is really one about property rights.

    Who owns what property, whose property rights were breached, who is responsible for breaching those rights, and what should the compensation be?

    The reason you are asking that question with a straight face is because your world is poorly defined, and your primitive world view doesn't allow you to recognize that fact.

    Either You can have rules, or you can have rulers, but you cannot have both.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 09 2018, @10:42AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 09 2018, @10:42AM (#664345)

      Property rights are regulation. Next!