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@iii
Yeah the internet by design is a public space, and we must be responsible and treat it as such when handling sensative data.
Again, it was very wrong for people to take that data and especially to post like that.
The company also has to do their part and produce at least some kind of barrier to the data.
Even using UUIDs and making sure the data wasn't query-able would have been something.
The web is a public space by design. The internet? I don't think you can make that case well. Https and all that. Private infra abounds.
The data was on the public web in this case