Millions of Facebook Records Exposed on Amazon Cloud Servers

[MEJHarrison]

If I hand you my data, as many here handed their data to FaceBook, for safe keeping and you hand it to someone else without my permission well then yes I hold you responsible.

That doesn't answer the question. You give me your data. I give it to someone else without your permission. Let's say that person is Fred. It's found out that Fred had your data stored in the cloud unprotected.

For the sake of argument, and because I agree with you, I think I should be investigated for mishandling your data. It probably turns out you agreed to that without realizing it when you gave me your data, but let's put that aside for now.

Fred stored your data in the cloud completely unprotected. Didn't even try to protect it. The question is, should Fred be held accountable for his actions?

 

[SirithX]

If I hand you my data, as many here handed their data to FaceBook, for safe keeping and you hand it to someone else without my permission well then yes I hold you responsible.

Lmao. If you use Facebook it’s because you have stuff to share with the world, your friends, family, etc. Facebook was never intended to be a personal lockbox.

If you’re upset that APIs allow other companies selective access to profiles perhaps you should pay attention to terms of service and the warnings before connecting your accounts. This is simply the way the internet works today, and FB isn’t the only one out there that does this.

 

[MadeTheSwitch]

So you are saying those who got the data from them and then didn't take care of it properly aren't to be held responsible?

Of course not. In my example, you don’t let the people running the sweatshop off either. It’s not an either/or scenario. Both can be to blame.

 

[C DM]

Of course not. In my example, you don’t let the people running the sweatshop off either. It’s not an either/or scenario. Both can be to blame.

That certainly makes sense. However the either or part or both parts weren't even mentioned until now, thus the follow up replies.