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Sure I can, but they're all unrealistic so no point mentioning them. We could for example start boycotting companies that don't take security seriously. But I'm afraid we'd end up with a very, very long list.

Publicity can work wonders. You end-up with sensitive data for kids in the wild, possibly in the hands of perverts, nothing could work better than that in raising awareness for the general public. It's harsh, but it fucking works. So we'll stick with it for now, unless someone comes with a better idea.




Lawsuits for criminal negligence against the CEOs of the companies themselves would be a damn good start. Their business practices are why these problems happen. They cut every corner they can find, put business school grads in charge of deciding schedules and resource allocation to engineering, and make sure that if an engineer says 'we need more time and testing' that any low-level manager can tell them business goals come first.


The problem is that it generates awareness based on raw emotion, and of course that always leads to rational, measured decision making. /s

On the other hand, I don't know any better idea either.




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