We used to say "data is the new oil" and I've always enjoyed ironically reinterpreting this maxim from a #DataPrivacy standpoint: data is something that inevitably leaks out of its pipes and when it does it is toxic waste.
It is through this lens that I tell the story of the recent data breach at Wyze. I give the basic facts and explain why this incident is very classic. Not only have things gone wrong in similar ways at other organizations in the past, one can also articulate structural challenges that guarantee things will go wrong in similar ways elsewhere in the future.
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