Hey I got an idea! Lets make regulations that require every to give all their personal identifying info to shitty third party vendor honey pots. And when they inevitably leak it all, we just require them to collect even more kyc data so we can be sure they aren't using stolen data.
Totalling almost a terabyte of data and 1 billion records, the exposed information included national IDs, full names, addresses, phone numbers, and email.
The Cybernews research team has confirmed that the databases, a collection of them within a single exposed MongoDB instance, were discovered on November 11, and the company concerned, which they said was an AI-powered digital identity verification provider called IDMerit, was contacted on November 12. The leak was plugged by the company the same day.
The security report stated that it appears the unprotected databases contained what is called know-your-customer data.
Is it now the stance of @ek and @Scoresby and Stacker News as a whole, that content consumers cannot reasonably expect to have any way of verifying that content providers who frequently post Bitcoin/Ln related content are acting in a way consistent with their rhetoric by attaching and showing attached LN wallets?
I want to emphasize due to apparent misunderstanding from @Scoresby and others that I do not see any problem (ie hypocrisy) with people not interested in Bitcoin, or newbies, who have not yet have or show attached LN wallet/s.
My gripe is with content providers who virtue signal strongly pro Bitcoin content but who refuse to attach LN wallets and thereby fail to maximise their use of and support for the LN.
I see this group as hypocrits and essentially hostile to the whole aim as I saw and understood of Stacker News which was to be a sats denominated V4V social media platform.
That's why I came here- to spend sats, and have them received as sats and get good honest content...and I do not believe I am alone in that.
If Stacker News has given up on building a sats denominated V4V platform it should be announced so that we are not operating under false understandings.
Stacker News info section on CCs calls CCs inferior to sats.
I agree with that definition.
The info section identifies them as primarily for those who are new to SNs or unable to attach a LN wallet.
If Stacker News official stance on this has changed let it be made official.
So-Is it now the stance of @ek and @Scoresby and Stacker News as a whole, that content consumers cannot reasonably expect to have any way of verifying that content providers who frequently post Bitcoin/Ln related content are acting in a way consistent with their rhetoric by attaching and showing attached LN wallets?
I always like companies responses to data leaks. Usually goes something like this:
"Don't worry, we have paid for a year subscription to credit monitoring service to help you"
"Please go to this link and sign up for it, they will need more personal information to complete the process"