Why wouldn't the company just hide the data breach? There wouldn't be that many people in the company that would know about it. Easy enough to keep a lid on it. That's what control fraud is for, anyway.

When I read the summary I thought "Finally!" Then I remembered all the weasel-worded laws enacted at the federal level to nullify any true protections that might be passed at the state level.

It requires someone to speak up against it. Why risk a political foofarah if you don't have a pony in the race? Don't be fooled. This is very cleverly architected.

I trust GP: has empirical data.

"Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 1,379,292 tested so far. Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys at least 20.4 bits of identifying information." -Panopticlick

I'm thinking opt-out of tracking by cookies, etc., is a throwaway. Google et al no longer need those technologies.

Don't forget competition.

Salt mines don't burn.

...until I need 3D glasses.

1.21 zettabytes? Great Scott!

Someone please mod the parent up. This is really the point.

Huh. My phone stopped working. WTF?

Thanks, al0ha! I installed RequestPolicy and Slashdot is readable again: fast, sleek, non-graphical. I love it!

"simply look the damned tax up on a sheet of paper?"

See, now, it's way more complicated than that. Here in Florida, for example, each COUNTY has it's own rate. And we have to charge according to where the BUYER is because that's where they take ownership of the product. And it changes every year. And IIRC, some of the tax is capped to a limit. You really do need a slew of people to deal with the complexity. If they really want to collect taxes like this, what's needed is a single rate for mail order/Internet purchases to make it all palatable.

"How would you like us to shave a dollar off your monthly cable bill?"

The clouds are caused by water condensing on space dust which has suddenly increased because it's the harbinger of the huge mountain of an asteroid that's aimed at us. Send royalties to... oh, right. I'll never get to spend it, even if I saw any.