Yet again, just like with the SD fiasco, one has to wonder if those with the power to make these decisions ever use, or have ever used ebay to sell anything.
It's pretty obvious that ebay's senior management never have. So how about Treasury / HMRC Mandarins or the Chancellor or even MPs that sit on Scrutiny Committees ?
It's always easy to make those "difficult decisions" when the decision makers are very, very unlikely to ever have to suffer the consequences when it all goes wrong and we get to read (YET AGAIN) about another data breach or hack that has resulted in millions of passwords/account details/personal details being put onto the dark web.
Those that endangered the rest of us will, as is traditional these days, not suffer any consequences when the inevitable happens but neither will they have to provide any form of restitution for the wrecked lives or suffer any penalty for having done so. True to form the business leaders and those who are supposed to be both our guardians and servants will shrug their shoulders, walk away and mutter to themselves "Well, that didn't go too well. What shall we try next ?"
If you're even required to do so, you go ahead and hand your NINO to ebay if you feel inclined to take that risk. If you're not, then I think you should stop trying to persuade others to put themselves in harms way while you remain on the sidelines with nothing to fear.
