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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post

    The age of data dumps is upon us.

    Im starting to feel like its not just the lazy/incompetent IT admins that are spewing data. Im starting to seriously question whether or not its possible to keep any data reasonably secure at all.

    Over 22 million people doxed in the OPM hack, including polygraph output and fingerprints for CIA/FBI/DOJ field agents. What the fuck is Snowden compared to that shit?

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by sonatine View Post
    Im starting to seriously question whether or not its possible to keep any data reasonably secure at all.
    To a layman, this seems like the long and short of it.

    It would be funny if we regressed to where sensitive data was stored offline on disks or whatever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToasterOven View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by sonatine View Post
    Im starting to seriously question whether or not its possible to keep any data reasonably secure at all.
    To a layman, this seems like the long and short of it.

    It would be funny if we regressed to where sensitive data was stored offline on disks or whatever.
    Hence bitcoin

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    If this was a genuine hack why not wait till after the IPO, take out a short, then make a shed load of money?
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    I stay to myself and keep out of trouble and/or potentially problematic scenarios

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