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0 pointsetimberg11y ago0 comments

Not directly related, but I think this is an interesting story of when target tried data mining. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targe...

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dredmorbius11y ago· 2 in thread

Target in all likelihood had been "trying" datamining previously, and since.

Though they might try hanging on to their customer's credit-card details a bit more successfully.

joering211y ago

Seriously, can you get more vicious thinking inside the company, when the policy is to spend money on r&d on how to mine users data better, but at the same time not to worry enough about their cc security?

dont be evil, anyone?

dredmorbius11y ago

Misaligned incentives, risk models, and much else. I'm fuzzy on details but understand Target was warned of security deficiencies.

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