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I wonder if some had their details reset altogether? Either way, this looks like a major breach considering the value of people who have signed up with Quora.
This is why I hate companies that force you to sign up to gain access to content. I do not want that relationship. Sooner or later those systems will be legacy and then maintaining them will be a pain. Bitrot will set in and sooner or later there will be a breach. One new development is that you used to be able to get your invoices mailed via snail mail. Then that disappeared and you got your invoices mailed via emai…
I felt validated when I received the email from Quora about the hack to a fake email address and addressing me by a fake name.
This is why I hate companies that force you to sign up to gain access to content. I do not want that relationship. Sooner or later those systems will be legacy and then maintaining them will be a pain. Bitrot will set in and sooner or later there will be a breach. One new development is that you used to be able to get your invoices mailed via snail mail. Then that disappeared and you got your invoices mailed via emai…
I use privacy.com and Lastpass to help with this problem. Any time there is a service I have to have a business relationship with that I don't trust to keep my info secure, I use a unique password and a unique credit card number with a tight limit. What's nice is that they tie the card to a single vendor too. For example, the water company. I know the water bill is usually $50 or less, so I set the limit to $60/mo. A…
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Privacy.com allows you to create virtual credit cards once you connect a source of payment to your account. Can be bank or debit card. I personally create one credit card for every paid subscription I have with the limit set on the amount that's supposed to be debited (eg. Monthly limit on Tidal charging $20). Privacy is a game changer for online transaction security imo. An additional benefit is the ability to subsc…
Privacy.com is US only though.
In 2013 a quora moderator contacted me and demanded that I provide my real name, and information that my name is real or they would ban my account. I tried reasoning with them, that I just wanted to view content and did not attend to write answers or interact etc, plus, they had a valid email address and facebook profile (also fake name on facebook). They fought back "we actually want proof of your real name like a s…
>"We recently discovered that some user data was compromised as a result of unauthorized access to one of our systems by a malicious third party."
"Some user data"
Then goes on to say:
>"For approximately 100 million Quora users, the following information may have been compromised:
Account information, e.g. name, email address, encrypted (hashed) password, data imported from linked networks when authorized by users Public content and actions, e.g. questions, answers, comments, upvotes Non-public content and actions, e.g. answer requests, downvotes, direct messages (note that a low percentage of Quora users have sent or received such messages)"
Wouldn't this be closer to "all user data was compromised"?
It seems absurd for them to state "some user data was compromised." That's seems like a pretty comprehensive list of user data. What else would there be?
This is a company that for years forced account sign up and obscured user generated content even for users who just wanted to browse unless you created an account. Seriously fuck Quora.
This is why I hate companies that force you to sign up to gain access to content. I do not want that relationship. Sooner or later those systems will be legacy and then maintaining them will be a pain. Bitrot will set in and sooner or later there will be a breach. One new development is that you used to be able to get your invoices mailed via snail mail. Then that disappeared and you got your invoices mailed via emai…
In 2013 a quora moderator contacted me and demanded that I provide my real name, and information that my name is real or they would ban my account. I tried reasoning with them, that I just wanted to view content and did not attend to write answers or interact etc, plus, they had a valid email address and facebook profile (also fake name on facebook). They fought back "we actually want proof of your real name like a s…
Never went back to that site.
In 2013 a quora moderator contacted me and demanded that I provide my real name, and information that my name is real or they would ban my account. I tried reasoning with them, that I just wanted to view content and did not attend to write answers or interact etc, plus, they had a valid email address and facebook profile (also fake name on facebook). They fought back "we actually want proof of your real name like a s…
1000x this. Nextdoor did this to my parents. It's fairly ridiculous. The state of personal data regulation in the US is abysmal. Unfortunately, if Cambridge Analytica wasn't enough to spur new regulation, I fear nothing will.
I really started hating Quora a while back, probably 3 years ago and stopped collaborating. Most because "people" were spamming answers with marketing bs... So many answers start with "I'm Bob, CEO of MyCompany.com, I am an expert in this and that" Most Quora users are hungry for answers and flood-request you to answer their question just because the system recommends them to do so. No matter how many times you pass,…
The last time I checked, both my Python & Go open source text books get decent views from Quora & reddit, daily.
That's why I just deactivated it and didn't delete.