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Another fucking health app hack (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 14 hours ago by phtheven@lemmy.world to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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The Privacy Commissioners Office has been calling for proper fines for data breaches for YEARS.

Not a single muppet in the beehive has even given it a thought, from what i can tell.

The current maximum penalty is $10000.

Australia has their maximum penalty set to $50 million.

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

How have you never been part of a data breach? Have you never signed up to a website? They are getting breached left right and center

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I pretty much never give real personal details to websites outside of financial necessity, correct, but also a website is much more secure than an app on average and I'm willing to bet my life on that. The ONLY reason anything is ever made into an App instead of a Website is so that the App creators or operators can harvest MORE INFORMATION from you. That's it. They are not more accessible, they don't support more devices or formats, they're not more secure/encrypted/un-screen-grabbable. They're just worse and they're being set up by people who do not mean you well, 100% of the time.