Reply #1: Big Brother can always get (outsourced) Little Brothers to act for him [View All]

Besides, most of the information is already accessable overseas in India, Bahamas (CAPPS II) and many other places:

The 'theives' already have access, so do our 'intell' agencies

""But Alan Paller, director of research at the Bethesda, Md.-based SANS Institute, said the California law is probably necessary because the kinds of crimes that are being committed. For example, a group in Russia and Ukraine has been acquiring customer data, extorting money to prevent its release and selling it anyway. Paller said he believes some companies are paying off the extortionists in an attempt to contain the damage. "You have to make the price of paying off the extortionists higher than the price of not paying them off, and this bill is the first thing that does that," he said.""



http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/0,10801,76768,00.html