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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 09 2018, @01:51PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 09 2018, @01:51PM (#664407)

    Government regulation isn't evil, it is just a tool, like you. It can be used for both good and evil.

    Calling it evil is like calling guns evil. They aren't, but use of both should be limited.

  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday April 09 2018, @02:01PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday April 09 2018, @02:01PM (#664412) Homepage Journal

    I used to think that too. It doesn't hold water if you understand that any power the government has, it stole from its people though.

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    My rights don't end where your fear begins.