Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years

1. 2019-03-21 at 4:15 PM UTC

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   Red_Woman African Astronaut
   Not that I'm suprised, but anyway...
   
   "The Facebook source said the investigation so far indicates between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users may have had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by more than 20,000 Facebook employees. The source said Facebook is still trying to determine how many passwords were exposed and for how long, but so far the inquiry has uncovered archives with plain text user passwords in them dating back to 2012."
   
   https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/03/facebook-stored-hundreds-of-millions-of-user-passwords-in-plain-text-for-years/
2. 2019-03-21 at 4:17 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   lul
   
   this is because facebook was built as a datamining and ad-targeting platform; that is where all of the energy and funding went because that is where all the funding comes from. everything else is secondary.
3. 2019-03-21 at 4:20 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   I don't know whether this would've been by design or just out of laziness though. Third parties such as government agencies almost certainly had access to the data, and for most people having access to one of their passwords makes guessing their other passwords very easy.
   
   Don't reuse passwords or just change the number on the end. Also don't use facebook.
4. 2019-03-21 at 4:31 PM UTC

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   Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Dark Matter [my scoffingly uncritical tinning]
   Zuckerberg is neurotic and creepy as fuck, and his coven (like Sheryl Sandberg) are no better.
   
   I bet they still have things like this stored.
5. 2019-03-21 at 4:32 PM UTC

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   Red_Woman African Astronaut
   I used a pass that I never used for other things, and an e-mail I never use. Honestly though, I always gave it for granted that FB, Google and all these people do that. I read that the Chinese government have bought some VPN sites too. Go figure whom to trust in the digital era. No place is "safe".
6. 2019-03-21 at 4:37 PM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard
   Zuck: Just ask
   Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
   [Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?
   Zuck: People just submitted it.
   Zuck: I don't know why.
   Zuck: They "trust me"
   Zuck: Dumb fucks

7. 2019-03-21 at 4:39 PM UTC

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   GGG victim of incest [my veinlike two-fold aepyornidae]
   Am I the only one who sees nothing wrong with Facebook or their ethical practices?
8. 2019-03-21 at 4:41 PM UTC

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   Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Dark Matter [my scoffingly uncritical tinning]

   Originally posted by GGG Am I the only one who sees nothing wrong with Facebook or their ethical practices?

   
   In fairness they never said they didn't hate us
   The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!

   • Red_Woman, 
   • aldra
9. 2019-03-21 at 4:44 PM UTC

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   Red_Woman African Astronaut

   Originally posted by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country In fairness they never said they didn't hate us

   
   lol
10. 2019-03-21 at 4:48 PM UTC

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    The Self Taught Man Black Hole
    Yeah it’s really the fault of all those dumb fucks who trust them with their information.
    
    But one thing I don’t like is the fact that they actually maintain “shadow profiles” on people who aren’t even users, based on information taken from sources that were never intended for that purpose, all without the person’s knowledge or consent
11. 2019-03-21 at 4:50 PM UTC

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    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

    Originally posted by Methuselah Yeah it’s really the fault of all those dumb fucks who trust them with their information.
    
    But one thing I don’t like is the fact that they actually maintain “shadow profiles” on people who aren’t even users, based on information taken from sources that were never intended for that purpose, all without the person’s knowledge or consent

    
    that is exactly what those scam mugshot websites got shut down for too