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Notice of Data Breach

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Re: Notice of Data Breach

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Post by jacquesm »

propman wrote: post #63

Should be a fine every time this happens and a major fine if it was found due to negligence or not having the appropriate security measures aka yahoo. Yahoo leadership new they were understaffed, cut staffing anyways, got rid of any executive who disagreed, and got no penalty for their mistakes. Make it more costly to get fined than it is to get hacked. Or some white collar jail time if it wss negligence or covering…

The GDPR will cover that. And those fines are massive. It's not going to be a magic bullet against breaches but the effect will definitely be that companies will start to see security no longer as optional or an afterthought but a direct liability if not taken care of properly.

Re: Notice of Data Breach

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Post by jacquesm »

zodPod wrote: post #40
bhouston wrote: post #22

MyFitnessPal was horribly written app when I used it. The idea was good but God was it slow as hell when doing simple things.

Agreed! I always like FatSecret's Calorie Counter app better. MFP always felt bloated and glitchy.

> MFP always felt bloated

There is a joke in there somewhere.

Re: Notice of Data Breach

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Post by wingkongex »

borne0 wrote: post #70
komali2 wrote: post #45

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...

Hi, even if a data breach hadn't happened, did you have any concerns about people within the company having access to those photos? I also use myfitnesspal and strava but I have a strong aversion to sharing that kind of info with anyone, period. I'm 36, is this a generational thing?

Did you used to care that some dude at CVS would have possession of your photographs for hours at a time when you went to get them developed?

Re: Notice of Data Breach

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Post by matt_wulfeck »

> The affected information included usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords - the majority with the hashing function called bcrypt used to secure passwords.

I really appreciate them including this information. It shows they’re following best practices and I don’t need to read the rest of the article with a grain of salt.

Re: Notice of Data Breach

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Post by komali2 »

borne0 wrote: post #70
komali2 wrote: post #45

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...

Hi, even if a data breach hadn't happened, did you have any concerns about people within the company having access to those photos? I also use myfitnesspal and strava but I have a strong aversion to sharing that kind of info with anyone, period. I'm 36, is this a generational thing?

Pretty sure there's pics of my butthole on the internet, idgaf at this point

Re: Notice of Data Breach

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Post by komali2 »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #78
borne0 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, even if a data breach hadn't happened, did you have any concerns about people within the company having access to those photos? I also use myfitnesspal and strava but I have a strong aversion to sharing that kind of info with anyone, period. I'm 36, is this a generational thing?

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 announce it before doing so. I warned him about the door, and he goes "so?" I remember being very surprised he didn't care, so I ask "Well, what if someone walks in on you taking a dump?"

He laughs. "I'd say, 'get out of here, I'm taking a dump!'"

That was nearly 18 years ago and it sticks in my mind so well.

Re: Notice of Data Breach

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Post by masslessness »

Imagine this happening in any other industry.

"Oh hi users, the things you gave to us and we were supposed to keep safe, well, someone came and took them."

Say the bank sent all their customers a similar message, how would their customers be expected to react? Why is it any different in the tech industry?

Basically these apology messages amount to: "Someone accessed your private stuff, please change the special key you use to access your stuff. End."

Should there be more to this than just that? Yes you'll make sure the locks are stronger, but what about that thing I've now lost? What are you going to do about that?

Re: Notice of Data Breach

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Post by enobrev »

borne0 wrote: post #70
komali2 wrote: post #45

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...

Hi, even if a data breach hadn't happened, did you have any concerns about people within the company having access to those photos? I also use myfitnesspal and strava but I have a strong aversion to sharing that kind of info with anyone, period. I'm 36, is this a generational thing?

I'm almost 40 and this sort of thing doesn't bother me whatsoever. If someone wants to spend months flipping through billions of photos of strangers who are trying to lose weight, I couldn't possibly be bothered by it.

In most cases, when I send _anything_ to anyone, I do so accepting the fact that it may one-day end up as public knowledge. That hasn't stopped me from the occasional drunk tweet, but I won't send naked photos of myself to anyone, even privately. If I hadn't regained the 25 lbs I lost last year using MyFitnessPal, I might not mind as much.

That said, I also do my banking online, so I'm not exactly strict about it.

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