Alphabet still can't kill off Google+ insecurity lawsuit On Monday the US Supreme Court turned down Alphabet's request to hear it argue for the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit that claimed Google quietly covered up a security issue that could have exposed almost 500,000 Google+ accounts. A lawsuit filed in 2018 accused the search giant of deceiving investors by failing to …
I'll play the world's smallest violin in a sorrowful dirge while I cry giant anime arcs of sparkly rainbow crocodile tears to mourn their plight.
And then I'll throw a fekkin' party so I can dance on their skulls & laugh my gloriously shiny heiny off.
Dear Google. Boo Fuckin' Hoo. Signed, The Human Race.
The 500K people whose profiles were at risk get nothing from this.
Not directly, no, but it does put other companies on notice that keeping their mouth shut about problems can become painful. So, I see an indirect benefit here, not monetary but in risk reduction.
The only thing that needs fixing now is the volume discount the big boys get. I really don't see a valid argument for fining a big setup like Equifax less per disclosed person than the average small shop. They have the money to do it right, and a commensorately more grave responsibility to do so, so risking the whole company by saving on what has to be done properly should IMHO never be rewarded with a fine discount. That merely leads to "good enouggh to escape large fines" spending instead of doing it right, and we've had enough demonstrations by banks that "good enough" rarely is from a customer's perspective.
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