herseycokguzelolacak comments on If you had any doubts that Know-Your-Customer laws were evil, here is one very good reason: personal data of 1 BILLION people just leaked.

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[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml [S] 9 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Criminals and scammers are going to have a great day with the personal info of the 1 billion people now.

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[–] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

If you gather all ropes, crowbars and knives then don't stop the criminal from getting access then it's the gov't fault. It's better if they just leave all those private knives alone and not gather it to one spot.

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[+] mina86@lemmy.wtf -3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

So why don't KYC laws come with punishments for data breaches?

If it's only there to help law enforcement and not protect anybody else what do you call that?

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[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

KYC laws resulted in the personal data of a billion people leaking. Criminals and scammers will use this data to cause much harm.

Yes, I can condemn supporters of KYC laws for their incompetence and stupidity. This was obviously going to happen at some point. If you stockpile data, it eventually leaks.