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Millions of Facebook Records Exposed on Amazon Cloud Servers
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Thats not the point tho. The point is your passwords and personal info shouldn't be stored in public.
Best thing to do is close your account and tell those who don’t have one yet to not create a new account.
This isn't really a new Facebook scandal. We knew that Facebook overshared data with app developers. Even with that flow now restricted, we're learning one by one about developers who exposed the data they already collected.
Both Facebook and these developers are to blame. Each time a new developer security lapse is discovered, we're reminded of Facebook's original sin and how the repercussions still affect us.
Both Facebook and these developers are to blame. Each time a new developer security lapse is discovered, we're reminded of Facebook's original sin and how the repercussions still affect us.
I get the "content" part of this statement. But how is a password part of the content that would be shared? That just seems very wrong to me. It has no above the line value.
So happy I STILL DON'T USE FaceBook.....
This is very true.
I imagine quite a lot of people have no idea that FB has been integrated throughout the internet. What you post on FB can show up on the regular web. Not your personal page, but places like article comment sections. I've actually come across co-workers' comments in political news articles. And shall we say... yikes. Some things are better off unknown, let's just say.
I keep a separate password for FB and only for FB. All my social media / forum accounts are also tied to a separate email.
Why are people so stupid as to be on Facebook and advertise their every movement? That is like pleading "Rob me".
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You can permanently delete your Facebook account.
Facebook is selling your data.
False, FB (and all other platform advertisers such as Google, Pinterest, Reddit, etc.) do not sell user data otherwise their competitive advantage is eliminated. User data is used by advertisers on FB's platform to target audiences but they have no access to specific account profiles. In this particular scenario, the user data was collected because of app integrations like using the FB Login API – it was not sold for profit.
This!
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They may not sell all your data but they sell/share some of it.
They sold/gave friend lists to Bing.
They claim to be only selling analytics, etc. Gather enough analytics and I can identify you. Super cookies, etc.
They may not have been the ones who put the data out there unencrypted. But they're the ones who gave that data out with no oversight. They're as much responsible as the people who leaked it. They were trusted with that information. Now I'm hearing they handed out login information to 3rd parties? No, they're just a guilty here. That's information that should NEVER have been shared with ANYONE. The fact that a third party even had it in the first place to be exposed is entirely on FaceBook. So I can't really give them a pass on this one.
This article is factually incorrect and another example of sensationalism.
The leaked passwords WERE NOT FACEBOOK PASSWORDS, they were passwords for the apps that stored them.
But no one really seems to care, they just want another excuse to say "**** zuck" or "so glad I deleted my account".
The leaked passwords WERE NOT FACEBOOK PASSWORDS, they were passwords for the apps that stored them.
But no one really seems to care, they just want another excuse to say "**** zuck" or "so glad I deleted my account".
More clicks this way. But I think FB bears a lot of the responsibility. They need to have forced encryption and auditing by the subcontractors (or whatever they are) if they're going to give data away this way. That's the way we do it in the medical biz.
I encourage people not to victim-blame in these situations. FaceBook should be held accountable.
I did. The important people in my life are reachable through other means (oh yeah, I can make phone calls on my iPhone!) and I am quite surprised how little I miss it.
As stated a couple weeks ago, the stated issue was just the tip of the iceberg.
I hope New Zealand bans them.
I hope New Zealand bans them.