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Eh, contract law gives you all the tools you need to create liability.

If you want software where the vendors are liable, you can get that today.



Ahh, yes, the free market. The bastion of privacy.

What about those not even doing business with Equifax and getting their info stolen?


I was talking about currently available legal options. Not about any free market.

I don't know anything about Equifax? What are they doing?

I assume whatever Equifax is accused of doing is already illegal by current laws? Would making it 'more illegal' help?


Oh yea, I’ll definitely win if I sue Microsoft, and being in the right will absolutely make a difference.



Well, then don't do business with Microsoft?

Only contract with companies that either have a reputation for upholding their end of the bargain without a court threatening them (ie most good companies), or only contract with companies where you have a reasonable expectation of being able to win a fair court case.

As an example of a more generalised version of the former: Amazon is pretty generous in their customer service, and you don't typically have to sue them to get them to eg give you a refund.

Reputation is a powerful asset, and companies often want to protect theirs.

(Not always, though. Amazon is less nice to sellers or employees, I think, for example.)





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