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533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online

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Re: 533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online

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Post by sidlls »

asdfasgasdgasdg wrote: post #11
bitcharmer wrote: post #4

These events are not a matter of if but when. And since the overwhelming majority of the people in my social circles has zero understanding of the real nature of the relationship between them - FB users and FB I just hope this will become increasingly frequent and painful experience for them. As in: I really hope this will get FB users in trouble as a result of identity theft etc. This may sound extremely cynical but…

> people in my social circles ... I just hope this will become increasingly frequent and painful experience for them. Very strange to wish harm upon your friends with the hope that that will convince them to join your side in a political fight! I would suggest instead that you only wish that if it becomes a painful experience, they would realize why and renegotiate their relationship with FB. Typically wishing pain o…

Not that strange. The whole "rock bottom" concept for addicts is similar, right? Sometimes you have to see a friend or family member truly experience real pain to get them to want to change. People are like that.

Re: 533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online

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Post by rikkipitt »

timdaub wrote: post #26
rikkipitt wrote: post #5

I’ve been getting a lot of automated/unsolicited calls recently. Begs the question if this might be the source of my woes. Is there a trustworthy phone number version of https://haveibeenpwned.com ?

intelx.io Can't say too much about trustworthyness though. U could also just download the set from e.g. raid forum to check for yourself.

Might have to I think.

Re: 533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online

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Post by rikkipitt »

tyingq wrote: post #23
rikkipitt wrote: post #5

I’ve been getting a lot of automated/unsolicited calls recently. Begs the question if this might be the source of my woes. Is there a trustworthy phone number version of https://haveibeenpwned.com ?

"Is there a trustworthy phone number version of https://haveibeenpwned.com ?" An "exact" google search excluding adjacent phone numbers seems to work well for my numbers, and culls a lot (not all) of the autogen pages. So if your number was 212-555-1239, search Google with these strings: "(212)555-1239" -1240 -1238 "212-555-1239" -1240 -1238

Good idea, I’ll give that a whirl later. Great tip to filter out those auto-generated list sites. Thanks.

Re: 533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online

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Post by yokaze »

Nextgrid wrote: post #6
lordnacho wrote: post #3

Does anyone know if there's a GDPR fine on its way?

Facebook already breaches the GDPR in many ways and has yet to see significant consequences, so this is unlikely. (before you post a link to enforcementtracker.com please first compare the fine amounts with Facebook's revenue)

> Facebook already breaches the GDPR in many ways and has yet to see significant consequences, so this is unlikely.

Not having the data encrypted at rest seems to me a different infraction than the previous ones. The scale also matters, and that it isn't the first infraction.

And as I read it, not encrypting at rest is a breach of Article 6 and fined under Article 83 (5) (https://www.privacy-regulation.eu/en/article-83-general-cond...), which puts the fine limit at 4% of the annual turn-over.

Yes, it doesn't mean they have to fine as much, but the point remains, that this is in the category of the most severe infractions.

Re: 533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online

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Post by ajanuary »

rikkipitt wrote: post #14
spicyramen wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same here, i started recieving both calls and SMS which the last i find more annoying. I do use Android and these ones haven't been able to be detected as spam

I’m on iOS and don’t think there’s a way of blocking unsolicited calls until after the fact... I hope to be proven wrong though! The odd thing is, the calls often come through having a caller ID very similar to my own number.

Not natively, but there is an API that apps can use to do it for you. I use Mr. Number because it’s literally the first one I found and it’s worked good enough for me.

Re: 533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online

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Post by smolder »

asdfasgasdgasdg wrote: post #11
bitcharmer wrote: post #4

These events are not a matter of if but when. And since the overwhelming majority of the people in my social circles has zero understanding of the real nature of the relationship between them - FB users and FB I just hope this will become increasingly frequent and painful experience for them. As in: I really hope this will get FB users in trouble as a result of identity theft etc. This may sound extremely cynical but…

> people in my social circles ... I just hope this will become increasingly frequent and painful experience for them. Very strange to wish harm upon your friends with the hope that that will convince them to join your side in a political fight! I would suggest instead that you only wish that if it becomes a painful experience, they would realize why and renegotiate their relationship with FB. Typically wishing pain o…

It's a pretty minor harm and it's one somewhat like ripping a band-aid off. The pain will come sooner or later since we (at least in the US) aren't addressing the irresponsible data practices in industry. The sooner people detach themselves from the likes of FB, the better off they'll be when leaks happen.
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