Social unsecurity
The California State Legislators' Assembly Banking Committee recently voted down a proposal increase the protections for personal financial information. In response, an angry privacy advocacy group bought access to all of the Committee members social security numbers (for $26) and published the first four digits online.
The legislators response? To get themselves all frothed up over "inappropriate" lobbying and call for a clamp down on this type of behaviour which, in the words of the Committee chair: "borders on extortion".
I'd say they've kind of missed the point here.
(tip o' the hat to Christian Gerard for the link)
The legislators response? To get themselves all frothed up over "inappropriate" lobbying and call for a clamp down on this type of behaviour which, in the words of the Committee chair: "borders on extortion".
I'd say they've kind of missed the point here.
(tip o' the hat to Christian Gerard for the link)
