[Ipg-smz] E3 leaks journalist data

[Christine Hall]

I don't think you wasted anybody's time. I think a discussion over what 
constitutes a meaningful breach is overdue.

Christine Hall
Publisher & Editor
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
http://fossforce.com

On 8/3/19 2:32 PM, Tara Calishain via Ipg-smz wrote:
> I didn't know what the "and more" was, because I have not ever gone to 
> E3. I do apologize for wasting your time.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:59 AM Christine Hall via Ipg-smz 
> <ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>> wrote:
> 
>     So far, all of the data you mention are only items that would've been
>     freely available on nearly everyone in a phone book in the days when
>     everyone was tethered to a land line. If there's no SS number, banking
>     info, or stuff like that, I can't see where this is really a big thing.
> 
>     Christine Hall
>     Publisher & Editor
>     FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
>     http://fossforce.com
> 
>     On 8/3/19 7:46 AM, Tara Calishain via Ipg-smz wrote:
>      > Just FYI in case you didn't see it.
>      > https://venturebeat.com/2019/08/02/e3-data-leak/
>      >
>      > --
>      >
>      > Each year, the Entertainment Software Association
>      >
>     <https://venturebeat.com/tag/entertainment-software-association/> hands
>      > out hundreds of “press badges” to certain members of the press.
>     To get
>      > one of these badges, I have given the organization my name, phone
>      > number, home address, and more each year for the last
>     half-decade. That
>      > info goes onto a spreadsheet that the ESA hands out to its member
>      > companies. This makes it easier for those companies to invite
>     press to
>      > E3 events and meetings.
>      >
>      > Up until yesterday, however, that list was accessible anyone who
>     clicked
>      > on a button on the ESA website, as first spotted by YouTube creator
>      > Sophia Narwitz
>     <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDflWZ1CbrA&t=69s>. ---
>      >
>      >
> 
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