In a letter to victims who filed a lawsuit against the company, 23andMe blames its breach on customers for reusing passwords.

Hope this isn’t a repeated submission. Funny how they’re trying to deflect blame after they tried to change the EULA post breach.

  • miss_brainfart@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You’re right, most people either don’t care, or don’t even know enough to care in the first place.

    And that’s a huge problem. Yes, companies have some responsibility here, but ultimately it’s the user who decides to use the service, and how to use it.

    • TheActualDevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      don’t even know enough to care in the first place.

      but ultimately it’s the user who decides to use the service, and how to use it.

      So you admit they don’t have access to the knowledge needed to make better choices for their digital security. Then immediately blame them. I think your bias from the point of view of a one that is already more informed on this sort of thing. If they don’t know they need to know more, how can they be expected to do any research? There’s only so much time in a day so you can’t expect people to learn “enough” about literally everything.

      • miss_brainfart@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        I don’t intend to blame them, I’m just making an observation.

        The fact that they don’t know is a problem in itself too, and spreading awareness about cybersecurity and teaching general tech literacy and common sense is not done as much as it should be.

        It’s exactly like you say. They don’t know, and how would they? No one is ever giving them the information they need.