The same people who complain still give their information out willy nilly, very true. The companies know this and thrive upon it. It’s the same concept with any major company nowadays. Why bother changing when nobody really cares, they just complain and keep paying for the abuse anyway.

Look at credit card companies for example. While they may have slightly improved security, they still continue to rape our wallets. Late charges are near $40 and climbing. Interest rates that used to hover around 5-8% above the fed’s prime rate 15 years ago are now 15-20% above the prime rate.

Another example, ATM fees cost us $2 a pop, for .0002 cents of work, putting the 6 tellers the bank used to have out of jobs. We pay them anyway.

As long as the fools out there keep giving out every bit of personal information and keep these companies who don’t care or don’t know how to protect your info properly, the status quo won’t change. We could boycot them, but will your neighbor, or the guy who just got on the net last week?

It extends far beyond just information, look at how the RIAA and MPAA are trying to control digital entertainment – THEIR WAY – rather than adapting to the medium. Geeks and the few who understand we’re not all thieves all complain abotu it, but the entertainemnet industry keeps railroading ahead, financing the politicians into believing everyone is evil.

We need a few new laws: ALL digital information must be secure or you will be responsible for ALL costs relating to the loss of such information. Also, ALL digital media distribution must adapt to the way it is being used by the public, not the way you want it to be used, or you cannot distribute it. Any EULA that states otherwise is entirely NULL and VOID.