FCC gets tough: Telcos must now tell you when your personal info is stolen | Yep, cell carriers didn’t have to do this before::Yep, cell carriers didn’t have to do this before

  • tias@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 months ago

    What poorly thought out language. First they call FCC “tough”, then they go on to imply that it’s surprising that this wasn’t a requirement before. IMO “tough” would be something that exceeds ordinary expectations.

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.social
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      9 months ago

      Agreed. Cloudflare level of transparency should really be the minimum in cases of security breaches for all companies with any user/customer information. And when found to be purposefully hiding that information you should have your right to do business at least suspended in the US.

      A policy as such would -

      1. Incentives disclosure (or your essentially DOA in US)
      2. Increase the IT budget and force more security over profit (because again the alternative is no profit otherwise - or at least many detailed explanations on how the company still isn’t doing anything)

      EDIT - spelling/autocorrect battle