If you are a weak person, does that justify the actions of a few armed robbers that are going to mug you on the street? Do you mean I had to take care of my own security by hiring someone all the time? Then why am I paying my taxes to support the police force?
Most of the businesses in the real world operate on a combination of trust and optimism. The moment you take away that stability, businesses suddenly become way less efficient.
Let’s be honest: security in IT is just like security in the physical world. Stealing a car that had an open door is as illegal as stealing a car by picking it’s lock. In such a scenario hacking is just another dimension to physical warfare - and frankly warfare belongs to the military.
The fact that most of the bigger companies had to deal with security themselves is just another matter: they had to operate in the world where the authorities were yet not good enough at tracking hackers. Today though - I can see where businesses that don’t think their security matters would just not bother. It’s not their area of responsibility and I would rather they did what they do well - make money.
The objective of law is not to emulate but rather constrain and govern society.
It is not hard to argue that the subject matter of each and every law and code is based on immediate or at least likely, if not precedent, events rather than to naively assume that, that which is illegal should not happen and leave your car unlocked.
Besides, my argument and criticism is not concerned with sanctioning of unfavorable behavior but rather holding accountable those who make promises and sales you products.
> It’s not their area of responsibility and I would rather they did what they do well - make money.
But why not? the car maker is not in the business of providing security guards, but I bet you wouldn't be happy if they made cars that were easy to pick, why would this not apply to other business?
Most online business make a big deal of security in their sales, why not holding accountable for those promises?
If you are a weak person, does that justify the actions of a few armed robbers that are going to mug you on the street? Do you mean I had to take care of my own security by hiring someone all the time? Then why am I paying my taxes to support the police force?
Most of the businesses in the real world operate on a combination of trust and optimism. The moment you take away that stability, businesses suddenly become way less efficient.
Let’s be honest: security in IT is just like security in the physical world. Stealing a car that had an open door is as illegal as stealing a car by picking it’s lock. In such a scenario hacking is just another dimension to physical warfare - and frankly warfare belongs to the military.
The fact that most of the bigger companies had to deal with security themselves is just another matter: they had to operate in the world where the authorities were yet not good enough at tracking hackers. Today though - I can see where businesses that don’t think their security matters would just not bother. It’s not their area of responsibility and I would rather they did what they do well - make money.