I figured out a way to reduce identity theft and improve security!

[thewayne]

Every time a corporation has a significant loss of data that includes identifying data, the entire board of directors has their names, addresses, DOBs, and SSNs posted online.

I bet we'd see a really fast turnaround in data protection and privacy!

Comments

[deborak]

Just. No.

Violating the privacy of even more people doesn't resolve the issue of thieves/weak protection schemes/incompetent data handlers causing the original problem.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. I've been watching Gilbert & Sullivan's Mikado: "My object so sublime, I shall achieve in time, to let the punishment fit the crime, the punishment fit the crime!"

A lot is thieves, but more is carelessness and stupid policy. I was reading emails today of a lost thumb drive that contained police and park service personnel information, one where the police department gave a computer to a charity and didn't scrub the drive first (it contained personnel info), and the ever popular lost laptop.

At Phoenix PD we physically destroyed the drives before our computers went to surplus.

[silveradept]

I agree. That definitely sounds like a good idea. I'm not sure I agree with the SSNs, but that's because I've heard horror stories of what can happen when the SSNs are everywhere. It would certainly help with security, though.

Of course, at some point, someone's going to hack a secure system that's had proper precautions and that board is going to feel rather scapegoated.