Re: [Fed-Talk] Can't wait for the mea culpa...
Re: [Fed-Talk] Can't wait for the mea culpa...
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Can't wait for the mea culpa...
- From: "Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:38:30 -0400
Are you guys kidding? Haven't you heard the term "frivolous lawsuits"? They may not win but their odds are much better than against the FBI. And defense costs alone could sink a small business. But we're way off-tooic so I'm dropping my end of the thread.
On Sep 10, 2012, at 1:19 PM, Todd Heberlein <email@hidden> wrote:
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> On Sep 10, 2012, at 9:46 AM, "Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC" <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> I guess the good news for those whose numbers were stolen is you probably couldn't have sued (or won) against the FBI, but BlueToad is probably going to have its frog legs fried.
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> When I read the line "We decided to come forward to apologize to our customers, partners and the public in general that this got out there", my first thought was "*decided*? Aren't they required to come forward because of various disclosure laws?"
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> But I don't think this information rises to disclosure laws. I don't think there was specific "personally identifiable information". I just don't feel the UDID and the name you give your device rises to that level.
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> The cost of defending themselves may destroy the company, but I don't think they did anything egregious.
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> Todd
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