PII as Currency by Sam Pfeifle

It’s sort of sickening to indulge in yet more creation of copy in regard to the great celebrity nude photo leak. Surely, just about everything that needs to be said about this 100-car-pileup of a story has been said: It’s a heinous invasion of privacy; it’s not J-Law’s or McKayla Maroney’s or anyone else’s fault; two-factor identification should be the norm; hey, kids, remember what you’re doing when you’ve got your photostream enabled.

However, I think one interesting development worth a bit more exploration is the burgeoning idea of PII as currency.

Read more at: https://privacyassociation.org/news/a/pii-as-currency/