See news like this way to often... nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 nostr:npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49 nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z and other brilliant minds of nostr, is there any way building on the protocol could help?
Colorado warns hackers stole 16 years of public school data
Colorado’s state government has warned students and teachers in the state that hackers may have accessed their personal information — dating back as far as 2004. In a notice on its website, the Colora...
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/07/colorado-ransomware-public-school-data/
Discussion
I mean the obvious answer is don’t collect all these records.
Like nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx says, if you collect KYC data, it WILL get hacked.
Well yes of course... I was thinking of something like nsecbunker that sequesters user data and makes it available to 3rd party agencies as needed but users retain ownership and can revoke access at any time...
I'm just speculating here and there are certainly unforeseen complications...
if it can be hacked, it will be hacked?
Just close the schools and burn the data.
Yup
Sometimes I wonder if this is what my company’s IT staff really want to say to us during our beginning of the year lecture. But on a more serious note— a few years back, we were advised not to check our work email on our personal phones. If an “incident” happened— authorities could possibly have the legal right to seize our phones. So I only do school work on company computers and phones. It is a serious problem.
> Authorities could possibly have the legal right to seize our phones
They do, but they will only target you if they can't get it from your company or from say... Google... themselves.
Which is quite possible, since they will have better legal representation than you can have.
So.. yeah...
Freedom isn't cheap :(