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fixitfixit··on Hundreds of exposed Amazon cloud backups found leaking sensitive data
Oh no. I work with very trendy Silicon Valley folks and it’s always someone in shorts and a t-shirt. Which is to say: it’s definitely a culture issue, but it doesn’t have to be a PHB doing it. I know a lot of really smart people who are under a lot of pressure, and combined with a lack of AWS knowledge, “just make it public” is surprisingly common.
fixitfixit··on Black Hat: GDPR privacy law exploited to reveal personal data
Hey now. Mass surveillance, data breaches, and non-consensual data sale are absolutely issues, and will continue to be. This isn’t a boogey man, this is real, and it’s entirely the technology industry’s fault. Maybe we wouldn’t have to deal with the GDPR if we treated data as a liability from the beginning.