
The Great Trust Heist
When social media companies are mining data, trust is naturally undermined.As the train lurches to a stop, bandits dismount from their horses and climb aboard. While some rifle through the mail and packages for valuables, others press through the aisles of the passenger carriages repeating the time-worn “your money or your life!” The mythos of the great train robbery, shrouded in guns and steam, captures our imaginations in ways few other events can. While the obvious losses from a great train heist are the physical items that have been stolen, and the lives damaged or ruined, there is another loss we do not often think about: trust. Railroad robberies cause passengers to lose trust in the railroad company, shippers to lose trust in the shipping company, and the public to Read More ›