[2015-10-02] Patreon Database Hack Illustrates Urgent Need for Decentralized Sol

[jdebunt]

http://bitcoinist.net/patreon-database-hack-illustrates-urgent-need-decentralized-solutions/

When the Patreon database hack was announced, the technology industry was once again reminded why centralized solutions are not the way forward. Not only have customer email addresses been leaked,but also physical addresses and even private conversations on the platform. To make matters even worse, the entire database has now been published on the Internet, available for everyone to see.

[TheRealSteve]

The unfortunate thing is that there are already decentralized payment platforms, some of which built upon Bitcoin.  Anybody remember Streamium?  Without the ease of integration with other services and the ease of recurring (i.e. subscription) payment options for the common people, these sort of platforms don't stand much of a chance and people will continue to accept data breaches with privacy implications as being part of the trade-off for that convenience; do not expect very many people to stop using patreon, as either content creators or pledgers.