A stalker haphazardly posing as a cop demanded sensitive data from Verizon. Verizon complied, and the stalker drove to an address armed with a knife. 404 Media spoke to the victim.

Verizon Gave Her Data to a Stalker. ‘This Has Completely Changed My Life’::A stalker haphazardly posing as a cop demanded sensitive data from Verizon. Verizon complied, and the stalker drove to an address armed with a knife. 404 Media spoke to the victim.

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    1171·
    11 months ago

    In the interview with 404 Media, Poppy pointed out that Verizon is a multi-billion dollar company and yet still made this mistake. “They need to get their shit together,” she said.

    they dont need to get their shit together, they need to be found criminally liable and fined a percentage of their stock price. yep, i said that. fuck your stocks

    this would only change if this hit verizon where it hurts… and i mean hundreds of millions per fucking incident paid to the victim. then Verizon might be tempted to do something.

    as it is, they are providing the bare minimum of any service required to achieve the next quarter stock ‘value’. any fines are the cost of doing business, and who gets that fine money? not the victim.

    • Tier 1 Build-A-Bear 🧸@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      11 months ago

      I agree with this sentiment for every corporation. WAY TOO OFTEN are people wronged, with life consequences, and they aren’t taken care of and the company gets a slap on the wrist.

    • ipkpjersi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      13·
      11 months ago

      Unfortunately we live in a society where it’s fuck the average person, corporations are the only thing that matters.

    • Pizza_Rat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Lol what? A percentage of their market cap is probably what you mean. A percentage of average net income over the last N (5?) years would be more realistic and still scaled in a way that impacts returns to investors.

    • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      Stock… Price? You mean fine them some number of shares?

      You can’t fine the price, that’s not how the stock market works.

      • stinkycheese@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        I mean you could fine them a percentage of the stock price. It is a dollar value. But that would only be a few dollars paid out.