I think this is a really good point. This kind of "security" is still only as strong as its weakest link, and in a world (said in that movie guy voice) where leakers could be anywhere, this system may actually make things worse since it provides a huge fiscal disincentive for the vendors to notify their customers.
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Re: Really bad failure mode.
Date: 2015-02-17 03:38 pm (UTC)