Comment on 23andMe Blames Users for Recent Data Breach as It's Hit With Dozens of Lawsuits
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 months agoIf I give my credit card to my sister, and she drops it, that’s not MasterCard’s fault. If they were very concerned, they should’ve made sure their relatives were trustworthy.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
A better example might be the keys to your house and a note out on the counter with a label that says “surewhynotlem’s house key.”
An intruder finds the key, and now has information on where the key can be used. When your house is robbed, it’s the locksmith who is to blame.
key@lemmy.keychat.org 5 months ago
I’d say it’s more like you gave your mom your SSN (or similar private information) because she said she needed it for her will or something. When you gave it to her she mumbled she’d share it with your sister too. You weren’t really paying attention and just went “yuh huh” when you probably should have told her not to. Your sister uses one key for everything and a burglar got a copy of that key from an earlier burglarly. The burglar eventually used the key to rob her and took your SSN, which he’s now selling to identity thieves.
Mom=23andme
Sister=relative
“yuh huh”=not reading the fine print and disabling “DNA Relatives” sharing feature