As of now, there are 3 major data leak stories on the HN front page at the same time.
Passwords can at least be changed, but data leaks are basically entropic; there's no way to reverse the damage. I don't want to stop holding leak sources accountable for what they lose, but from a personal viewpoint I'm now more interested in mitigation than prevention...
I meant socially, as a tech community - I'm wondering how to strike a balance between "realistically, your information will get leaked, plan accordingly" and "but that doesn't make it okay".
Legally, or even on a consumer level, I don't see any kind of meaningful consequence. And the rate of data loss probably won't go down until that changes.
Passwords can at least be changed, but data leaks are basically entropic; there's no way to reverse the damage. I don't want to stop holding leak sources accountable for what they lose, but from a personal viewpoint I'm now more interested in mitigation than prevention...