[clug] Dangerous Dave's talk

[Michael Ellerman]

On Tue, 2015-03-10 at 14:15 +1100, Kim Holburn wrote:
> On 2015/Mar/10, at 10:20 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2015-03-06 at 16:55 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> >> On 06/03/15 10:08, Bob Edwards wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> I sometimes wonder why the (disproportionate?) interest in online
> >>> banking vs. other online activities where rich metadata is being
> >>> freely given to foreign-controlled entities? Is guarding online
> >>> banking a privacy issue or a theft issue?
> >> 
> >> Good point Bob.
> >> 
> >> Both, theft and privacy. The latter (ID theft) can lead to financial losses.
> >> 
> >> I 'suspect' it's simpler for (some?) people to access the potential loss
> >> when it's translated into money. I'd also note that some people might be
> >> shocked at how much personal data the banks have access to - and how
> >> widely it's distributed. e.g. Woolworth's data mining service station,
> >> credit card, and checkout data to determine an "untapped" market on
> >> Saturday mornings of fathers buying petrol, nappies and milk (actual
> >> case).
> > 
> > {{citation needed}}
> 
> http://www.brw.com.au/p/tech-gadgets/coles_woolies_and_the_big_data_arms_4I2P2oieDKZGdev5aY778H

Hmm, not really.

I remember the "Beer and nappies" one from when I was at Uni, and that was a
while ago. I suspect the "petrol & nappies" one is just another apocryphal
version of that.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/15/beer_diapers/

cheers