I know it's wrong, but I'm glad this happened. Anything that disincentivizes someone from becoming an "influencer" is good in the long run.
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Do enlighten us about Apple's poor security track record. Other than brute force attacks caused by users choosing crappy passwords, or other social engineering methods, I can only think of one actual genuine Apple security breach (the Australian kid) in the past decade or so.
Probably anyone with over 1,000 followers is labeled an influencer and would be a target for companies to try and get product endorsements from.
People who have gained a large following on Instagram for being attractive and fashionable, and leverage that following into a career of being sponsored by brands to push those brands onto their followers.
Man, FB can't get their act together. Amazing the level of incompetence. Like they say, The fish rot from the head down.
Seems like one of these happens every other month lol Facebook and social media in general just need to die out already.
Lori Laughlin’s daughter is considered an Instagram influencer. That’s what a joke the term is.
I know everyone wants to jump on the Facebook hate bandwagon here, but there is nothing that says that Facebook/Instagram had anything to do with this database being unsecured or leaking. It appears to be data gathered by a third party, based on the reporting.
And who do you want to shut them down?
If consumers want to mess around with them and get hurt, shouldn’t they be free to do so? Whenever they mess up, the media can report on it, and consumers can make informed decisions.
Nobody’s wanting to shut down payday and student loan lenders. Those have a lot bigger impact on our economy than facebook’s security.
What you don’t realize is that they will use it for personal gain without provide a vessel to collect I.E. social media.
If I had access to free personal data of masses, I can create algorithms that I can sell or use against those very same people. Government agencies have your data, however are limited to use it by law. I prefer not to get into the positives, negatives and what has or has not been done as it is a discussion for a thread on its own.
What is the reason for saying "it was hosted on AWS"? Its not Amazons fault/
Amazon is responsible for physically securing the servers. Security OF the cloud. Facebook is responsible for security IN the cloud which is protecting their data with a password.
Amazon is responsible for physically securing the servers. Security OF the cloud. Facebook is responsible for security IN the cloud which is protecting their data with a password.
The company that brought us the Fappening because it allowed people brute force iCloud passwords for so long there were multiple open source hack programs available on github. Sure, tells us another.
Good thought! The revolution starts with you, so kindly post your personal information for us to not abuse.
Give us your personal info. No worries. We guarantee your privacy and data security.
But then there is yet another breach...wash, rinse, repeat.
But hey, what do I know? I"m not an "influencer"....
But then there is yet another breach...wash, rinse, repeat.
But hey, what do I know? I"m not an "influencer"....
