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U.S. enables Chinese hacking of Google

  • 24-01-2010 04:17PM
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    probe
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    Data retention creates a paradise for hackers. The longer data is retained, the juicier the target.

    When I shop online, I don't want the merchant to hold my card details - ideally they delegate it to a bank. And in any event once they are paid for the goods/services the card details should be deleted. Period.

    Retailers have no right to swipe the magnetic stripes of EMV payment cards to use the card number to track the card holders' shopping patterns. A payment card is for payment - it is not a marketing device for retailers to spy on customers with, in breach of EU data privacy laws. Yet this theft of information by retailers continues daily in Ireland - especially by British chain stores - and the www.dataprivacy.ie idiots do nothing to enforce the law.

    The same holds for any type of data retention.... email, phone calls, etc. Six months is long enough for bills to be collected, police to track criminals, etc. If a bill is unpaid or a crime unsolved within six months, the data relating to that transaction / crime could be ring fenced.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/23/schneier.google.hacking/

    This article is written by Bruce Schneier - the developer of Twofish and Blowfish encryption

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Schneier


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