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The article is likely to be repeating what was in a press release or statement from the company. It's there to bound above the impact of the breach.
This is the statement from the company.
I'm not completely certain, but that was my impression at the time I wrote the post.
That's unfortunate. At least we didn't get the stereotypical "your passwords are hashed, so nothing to worry about" one liner I've been reading from a lot of companies during disclosures. All they said here is that the passwords are hashed and with a reasonably secure method -- bcrypt (although without knowing work-factor and percentage of passwords, it is hard to know just how strongly). It has become pretty difficu…
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I'm 34, and I don't care. I also tend to walk around naked, without much care if someone spots me through a window - though I try not to obviously flash the neighbors through the kitchen window, which is the only real direct easy sightline. I used to be really insecure about being nude - I requested, and got permission to, change somewhere besides the locker room in middle school - but I think I don't care anymore, a…
Same here - my new roommate is constantly closing the blinds at night because he doesn't want the old lady in the building across from us see us sit around and play video games, I guess. I remember refusing to shower after the gym because I didn't want people to see my wiener. I think it changed when my friend's bathroom's door lock was broken. His brother was about to go in and was the kind of guy that liked to anno…
Should we actually care? I really didn't care even when my OPM info got hacked. Just make this shit public and stop believing in secrets.
Somebody is about to come across 250 pictures of me in my boxers standing in front of a dirty mirror with my belly popping out. I only hope they don't judge me for the size of my belly not really changing over those 250 days...
See, most comments here are a bit on the side of So what? Who cares?, but fitness data is health data and health data is considered extra sensitive. And I guess rightly so, because of this: http://www.tearsheet.co/data/allstate-is-watching-you-how-th...
My prediction is that most health-related apps will be regulated in the near future. It's already happening with the GDPR to some extend, which classifies health data as sensitive requiring extra protection (and extra consent from users).
A breach like that (if fitness data was leaked) could result in heavy fines under GDPR (or something like the Medical Device Regulation, which is starting to extend to medical/health apps), if it becomes clear that the company didn't take security seriously enough.
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I'm 34, and I don't care. I also tend to walk around naked, without much care if someone spots me through a window - though I try not to obviously flash the neighbors through the kitchen window, which is the only real direct easy sightline. I used to be really insecure about being nude - I requested, and got permission to, change somewhere besides the locker room in middle school - but I think I don't care anymore, a…
Same here - my new roommate is constantly closing the blinds at night because he doesn't want the old lady in the building across from us see us sit around and play video games, I guess. I remember refusing to shower after the gym because I didn't want people to see my wiener. I think it changed when my friend's bathroom's door lock was broken. His brother was about to go in and was the kind of guy that liked to anno…
That's unfortunate. At least we didn't get the stereotypical "your passwords are hashed, so nothing to worry about" one liner I've been reading from a lot of companies during disclosures. All they said here is that the passwords are hashed and with a reasonably secure method -- bcrypt (although without knowing work-factor and percentage of passwords, it is hard to know just how strongly). It has become pretty difficu…
”All they said here is that the passwords are hashed and with a reasonably secure method -- bcrypt” The “majority” of the passwords was hashed with bcrypt. https://content.myfitnesspal.com/security-information/FAQ.ht... : ”The MyFitnessPal account information that was not protected using bcrypt was protected with SHA-1, a 160-bit hashing function.” That majority could be as low as 50.0000001%. I also couldn’t find ho…
Mods, there's a better article on Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-under-armour-databreach/u...