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Originally Posted by Rob
People have short memories. In a month AM is going to launch some new super duper privacy setting feature that nukes all your personal information, offer it free for a month, and their membership numbers will climb to where they are now - hell, maybe even more now that they got a bunch of free publicity. A lot of my mainstream friends never even heard of AM until the news broke out, and they thought it was a pretty clever idea. A couple new customers for AM.
They always say the safest time to fly is right after a crash.  |
I can't argue your points as there's a lot of truth to it, but the fear of getting caught will make the wise users do their research before signing up. When somebody actually wants to find an affair but sees an article about the hack, it'll def deter future signups.
Will it shut down the company? No, unlikely. But I can't see this turning into a good thing for them. Maybe it'll get swept under the rug in a few years...
A few years back, the credit card DB for home depot (Canada) was hacked and stolen. I used to have a card there so it absolutely made me reconsider ever taking another store card again.