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H8crilAlast Monday at 1:00 AM3 repliesview on HN

This is correct. But the larger point is that even 1 minute of jail time for such "crimes" is unacceptable.


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zdragnarlast Monday at 2:25 AM

That larger point deserves its own thread. My newest pet peeve is someone jumping into the middle of a conversation with the equivalent of "I don't care about what you're talking about. What I want to talk about is more important".

Oh look, now you've got me doing it to you. Drat.

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bigfudgelast Monday at 11:35 AM

You might not like this law (and I'm agnostic on it) but I think the principle that individuals should be held accountable when laws are broken is important. Otherwise we just have token fines and corporate non-compliance because the risks don't outweigh the potential financial benefits.

I think people at Experian should have gone to jail, for example, for their incompetence and negligence in regards data breaches.

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rkomornlast Monday at 6:15 AM

This is correct. But the larger point is that even though you can put pineapple on a pizza, you still shouldn't.