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Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement

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Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement

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Post by candiddevmike »

tspike wrote: post #128
smeej wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The time period covered is more than 15 years. 187 months. $35 / 187 months =18.7¢ / month Seriously? That's all it costs to do this to people? And it's only even as high as $35 because they're expecting the overwhelming majority of eligible members of the class won't file!

It gets a lot more expensive when you factor in what the lawyers get paid

Should be some kind of maximum % of settlement for lawyers, something like 10% (not the typical 33%+). That way they're incentived for a big payout that the plaintiffs actually benefit from.

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Post by worksonmine »

paulmd wrote: post #134
AlbertCory wrote: post #127

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everything COULD be digitized these days. I could put a tiny mic into your seashell. But physically hiding or locking up your secrets still works.

a properly implemented Secure Seashell Enclave is pretty much proof against most non-state actors though. What’s your threat model?

Until shellbleed comes along.

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Post by WirelessGigabit »

highwaylights wrote: post #122
AlbertCory wrote: post #116

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it's worse: anything you put on a computer will become public. Paper and pen rule.

Paper can be read, that’s why I whisper all my secrets into my seashell.

I use my seashells in the bathroom. 3 of them.

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Post by bluepod4 »

asimpletune wrote: post #59

One thing I don't like about these class action settlements is there's no way to easily know if the site you're putting all your information on is legit or not. An attacker could easily make a fake site which could serve as a possible vector for future attacks. This is really the kind of thing that should be behind a .gov TLD or something of that nature.

> there's no way to easily know

Usually, I go to a source that I trust such as a particular news organization or an actual .gov site in order to verify. Then, I check another source that I trust.

Definitely annoying, but it only takes a minute or two. Honestly.

It’s interesting that you say that it should be behind a .gov or a particular TLD. Have you ever tried to reclaim “lost” money/property from your state’s treasury department? Those sites usually don’t have .gov or a specific TLD either.

For example, for Massachusetts the site is https://findmassmoney.com. It does seem questionable initially lol. But it only took a minute for me to verify that this is the site that the state government site “mass.gov” links to.

I can’t word this properly now but I wonder if the purpose of the url (similar to marketing strategies) is to get as many people to go to the site as possible.

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Post by 8organicbits »

dheera wrote: post #124
asimpletune wrote: post #59

One thing I don't like about these class action settlements is there's no way to easily know if the site you're putting all your information on is legit or not. An attacker could easily make a fake site which could serve as a possible vector for future attacks. This is really the kind of thing that should be behind a .gov TLD or something of that nature.

They also ask for my street address. Big, big, big nope. I don't need to tell you where I sleep.

Presumably so they can mail you a check?

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Post by swarnie »

dr_kiszonka wrote: post #118
swarnie wrote: post #33

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Ill get the average facebook user (60+ y/o boomer) right on to identifying domain links and how to block them.

No need to make statements characterizing people's abilities based on age, especially since most folks would find blocking specific domains a challenge. I am making this statement based on working with people across all age groups from right out of high school to older adults. (My sample is not representative, but the bias is probably more towards tech and having a college degree than in the other directions.)

Yeah that's fair.

Sorry for my angry post.

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Post by 8organicbits »

ajdude wrote: post #72
asimpletune wrote: post #59

One thing I don't like about these class action settlements is there's no way to easily know if the site you're putting all your information on is legit or not. An attacker could easily make a fake site which could serve as a possible vector for future attacks. This is really the kind of thing that should be behind a .gov TLD or something of that nature.

It's even worse when you look at their privacy policy. Who signed off on this? https://angeion-public.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/Privacy_Policy....

Setting the stage for the next class action lawsuit? Joining a class shouldn't have such privacy impacts.

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Post by cdelsolar »

geraldwhen wrote: post #32
miked85 wrote: post #10

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It usually takes years to get paid anything for these class actions, and then you might get a check for $5

The app development settlement was quite large: up to $25,000 per developer. I bet a lot of people here made a lot of money from that class action.

how do we find this settlement? did it already pass?
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