[attrition] 100 million... the gloves come off.

[lyger]

http://attrition.org/dataloss/rant/100million.html

Thu Dec 14 20:31:40 EDT 2006
Lyger

I'm going to preface this entire rant with one caveat: I have respect for 
Beth Givens and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse for their efforts to promote 
awareness regarding data breaches that involve personally identifying 
information. I have respect for other groups and entities who care enough 
to report these breaches, analyze them, and provide meaningful and 
insightful commentary and analysis. However:

I really have a hard time respecting journalists who fail to do basic 
background research regarding this topic, especially when their writings 
openly praise the "popular kids at school" and fully ignore the hard work 
of others who make those "kids" so popular.

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