Neat security quote found on slashdot

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Forwarded from: Jay D. Dyson <jdyson () treachery net>

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Courtesy of Cryptography List.

I'd say this fairly sums things up.

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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 13:03:29 +1300 (NZDT)
From: Peter Gutmann <pgut001 () cs auckland ac nz>
To: cryptography () wasabisystems com
Subject: Neat security quote found on slashdot

> From the "Gift Card Hacking" thread,
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=25442&cid=0&pid=0&startat=&threshold=1&mode=flat&commentsort=0&op=Change

Re:Nondisclosure (Score:1) 
by FauxPasIII (fauxpas () cc gatech dont spam me edu) on Saturday December 29, @12:27PM (#2762484) 

  Businesses are not going to expend money fixing any problem, no matter how
  severly it affects me as a customer, until it starts to affect their
  profitability. I wouldn't expect them to; they are a construct created with
  the express purpose of optimizing profitability. My goal as a security-
  conscious consumer is to -make- it the corporation's best interest to fix any
  problems that would have a detrimental effect on me as quickly as possible.

(Please, not another full-disclosure flamewar, I just wanted to post this
 because it seems to summarise the situation nicely).



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