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Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak

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Re: Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak

#21

Zuckerberg is probably right in this one. Whatever fines might come out in the EU around this will be nothing compared to the cost of loosing the customers they notify and the cost of notifying them.

> Zuckerberg is probably right in this one.

Yes, for protecting his own interests. Users are just like cattle, playing farming simulations, feeding cattle.

They needn't to know what's happening in real life.

Re: Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak

#23

Zuckerberg is probably right in this one. Whatever fines might come out in the EU around this will be nothing compared to the cost of loosing the customers they notify and the cost of notifying them.

> Whatever fines might come out in the EU around this will be nothing compared to the cost of loosing the customers they notify and the cost of notifying them.

There is no mention of GDPR in the article, but in the worst case of not notifying _at all_, the GDPR fine should be $3.5B (4% of their global revenue). Is this quantity insignificant enough for them to ignore? (not rhetorical, i have no idea how much capital they are happy to burn).

> Zuckerberg is probably right in this one.

Right from an economic perspective perhaps, but not an ethical one...

Re: Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak

#25

Zuckerberg is probably right in this one. Whatever fines might come out in the EU around this will be nothing compared to the cost of loosing the customers they notify and the cost of notifying them.

Utile the does the EU does notify them, which would be really funny tbh.

Just imagine getting a SMS (chain):

> You phone number and some of your data () had been involved into a Facebook data breach. While Facebook is required by to inform you about this breach they insists of not complying with the law and keeping they users in the dark. As such we decided to do so. More information can be found here:

Re: Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak

#27
post #10

This huge leak has definitely killed the SMS text messaging service. Sender can be spoofed and spam/scam/phishing have reached an intolerable level. The fact that they can cross reference you and then produce a more personalized content is huge. Changing password is easy (ok less easy if you recycle it) but changing phone number is something that I am not even relaxed to do.

> Sender can be spoofed

Is this worldwide or US? I for now trust the senderid and assume them to be valid if they are coming from bank etc. I also haven't heard of anyone spoofing SMS. Should I be more cautious?

Re: Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak

#28
post #10

This huge leak has definitely killed the SMS text messaging service. Sender can be spoofed and spam/scam/phishing have reached an intolerable level. The fact that they can cross reference you and then produce a more personalized content is huge. Changing password is easy (ok less easy if you recycle it) but changing phone number is something that I am not even relaxed to do.

> Sender can be spoofed Is this worldwide or US? I for now trust the senderid and assume them to be valid if they are coming from bank etc. I also haven't heard of anyone spoofing SMS. Should I be more cautious?

> Is this worldwide or US?

Worldwide. SMS is just like e-mail, you can put anything you want in the sender field. You should absolutely not trust SMS.

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