Sure in your case, of an informed technology enthusiast. The average customer, however, is not aware of shoddy security practices endangering his data. Which novadays means his personal finances, too. Also, the average decision maker at the companies in question is not aware of your protest, either; it takes press attention to make him aware.
This is heavy information disparity; the market self-regulation cannot happen in such case. The customers simply cannot make informed (!) choices, nor put pressure on the website operators. Curiously enough, many of the decisionmakers at the companies may also be unaware of seriousness of the risks just as well.
LulzSec steps in. By grabbing headlines they aim to inform the widest audience of what goes on, and force press to take on the hard subject. Let's hope the press does the job well, so capitalism can do its at last.
Sure in your case, of an informed technology enthusiast. The average customer, however, is not aware of shoddy security practices endangering his data. Which novadays means his personal finances, too. Also, the average decision maker at the companies in question is not aware of your protest, either; it takes press attention to make him aware.
This is heavy information disparity; the market self-regulation cannot happen in such case. The customers simply cannot make informed (!) choices, nor put pressure on the website operators. Curiously enough, many of the decisionmakers at the companies may also be unaware of seriousness of the risks just as well.
LulzSec steps in. By grabbing headlines they aim to inform the widest audience of what goes on, and force press to take on the hard subject. Let's hope the press does the job well, so capitalism can do its at last.