Re: Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook Is A Careless Wanker

I <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Sep 2021 00:59:40 -0700 (PDT)
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> 533 million Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been lea=
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> The personal data of over 500 million Facebook users has been posted onli=
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> in a low-level hacking forum.=20
> The data includes phone numbers, full names, location, email address, and=
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> biographical information.=20
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> =C2=BBwww.businessinsider.com/ =C2=B7=C2=B7=C2=B7 e-2021-4=20
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> A user in a low level hacking forum has published the phone numbers and=
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> personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users for free online.=
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> The exposed data includes personal information of over 533 million Facebo=
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> users from 106 countries, including over 32 million records on users in t=
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> US, 11 million on users in the UK, and 6 million on users in India. It=20
> includes their phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations,=20
> birthdates, bios, and =E2=80=94 in some cases =E2=80=94 email addresses.=
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> Insider reviewed a sample of the leaked data and verified several records=
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> matching known Facebook users' phone numbers with the IDs listed in the d=
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> set. We also verified records by testing email addresses from the data se=
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> in Facebook's password reset feature, which can be used to partially reve=
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> a user's phone number.=20
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> The leaked data could provide valuable information to cybercriminals who =
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> people's personal information to impersonate them or scam them into handi=
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> over login credentials, according to Alon Gal, CTO of cybercrime=20
> intelligence firm Hudson Rock, who first discovered the leaked data on=20
> Saturday.=20
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> "A database of that size containing the private information such as phone=
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> numbers of a lot of Facebook's users would certainly lead to bad actors=
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> taking advantage of the data to perform social engineering attacks [or]=
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> hacking attempts," Gal told Insider.=20
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> Facebook did not immediately respond to multiple requests for comment.=20
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> edit: FTA "Individuals signing up to a reputable company like Facebook...=
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> Muffled guffaws=20
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> that is why I don't do social media................/=20
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> Is Facebook just upset that they didn't get paid for selling the info?=20
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> A Facebook spokesperson told Insider that the data was scraped due to a=
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> vulnerability that the company patched in 2019.=20
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> While a couple of years old, the leaked data could provide valuable=20
> information to cybercriminals who use people's personal information to=20
> impersonate them or scam them into handing over login credentials,=20
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> InternetJeff=20
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> Reason# 533,000,000 not to be attached to the Zuckerborg network.=20
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> cramer=20
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> What idiot tells facebook anything that isn't public knowledge? (i.e. stu=
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> facebook already knows)=20
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> I dunno. 500 million? (Rough estimate).=20
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> said by cramer:=20
> What idiot tells facebook anything that isn't public knowledge? (i.e. stu=
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> facebook already knows)=20
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> said by Shamayim:=20
> I dunno. 500 million? (Rough estimate).=20
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> I didn't see anything to suggest that everything exposed was previously=
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> necessarily private. It is very possible (likely) that the data exposed w=
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> already "public".=20
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> There are those that do drink the koolaid and believe that the PII they=
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> provide is indeed truly kept secure and private. Then again they're also=
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> likely to have provided that same detail to others=20
> (sites/networks/logins/etc) which negates at least somewhat any "privacy"=
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> It is possible to use a separate (otherwise dedicated) email just for soc=
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> networks, public forums, etc. Similarly it is possible to use google voic=
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> (or similar) for phone numbers on services that so require it, keeping on=
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> personal cell actually still "private" (note the quotes)=20
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> Whether or not individuals choose to take their own privacy seriously is =
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> different question. If privacy isn't taken seriously by the individual th=
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> such "breaches" likely won't expose information that hasn't already been=
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> voluntarily provided exposed previously.=20
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> If you have a mobile device then using a social network such as FB doesn'=
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> really compromise your privacy significantly further. If you believe that=
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> your mobile provider is somehow that much better regarding privacy than=
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> social networks, then you may be in for a bit of an awakening.=20
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> said by Shady Bimmer:=20
> If you have a mobile device then using a social network such as FB doesn'=
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> really compromise your privacy significantly further. If you believe that=
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> your mobile provider is somehow that much better regarding privacy than=
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> social networks, then you may be in for a bit of an awakening.=20
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> What, exactly, are they selling and to whom are they selling it? I don't=
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> get anywhere near enough junk calls to believe my provider sells my info.=
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> Perhaps you're confusing them with app makers who slurp everything and se=
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> it to everyone+dog?=20
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> It isn't all about getting "junk calls". In fact actual phone calls would=
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> likely have very little to do with even social media and have much more t=
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> do with robocalls.=20
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> It is all about tracking, and the detail sold by mobile providers is an=
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> important piece of all the other data that is collected.=20
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> Also don't forget that aside from your mobile provider the vendor for you=
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> phone that provides the OS and obligatory bundled apps also collects=20
> significant data. That primarily amounts to either Apple or Google (which=
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> provides the android OS).=20
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> Apple and Google both acknowledge that they do collect data, but both als=
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> try to qualify that collection ("only for diagnostic", "anonymous", "only=
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> when needed", etc), Their claims aren't any different than those of socia=
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> media, but yet other media outlets focus on their competitors much more=
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> significantly (gee, I wonder why?)=20
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> It is interesting to note how most will complain about privacy when it=20
> involves something that won't have a personal impact. Raise a point about=
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> something that does have a personal impact and they'll immediately jump o=
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> the defensive.=20
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> As another data point: Have you ever tried to use a phone number as part =
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> proving your identity only to have it rejected since the name on the acco=
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> for the phone doesn't match the name you are trying to register? Sending=
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> texts to the phone are only to prove that the phone is in your possession=
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> to further validate the name/number match.=20
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> Nothing is as simple or innocent as it may seem.=20
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> Have you ever tried to use a phone number as part of proving your identit=
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> only to have it rejected since the name on the account for the phone does=
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> match the name you are trying to register?=20
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> No, I can't say I have ever used my phone as proof of identity. Wouldn't=
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> work either as both my phone and internet are under pseudonyms.=20
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> Wouldn't work either as both my phone and internet are under pseudonyms.=
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> Really?=20
> You mean that your name actually is not Wolfgang Mozart?=20
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> Facebook, our knight in shining armor, defender of our privacy and securi=
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> I don't expect much in the way of consequences this side of the Atlantic,=
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> but I hope GDPR has a bigger bite...=20
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> Regards=20
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> =C2=BBhaveibeenzucked.com/ -- this is new to me, but fairly simple to use=
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> check if your Facebook info leaked...=20
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> Regards=20
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> I never shared my phone # with FB. I signed up with a very obscure email=
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> address.=20
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> =C2=BBhaveibeenzucked.com/ -- this is new to me, but fairly simple to use=
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> check if your Facebook info leaked...=20
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> Regards=20
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> Have I been pwned also now has added the list.=20
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> =C2=BBhaveibeenpwned.com/=20
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> They got my cell no. but not the email.=20
> P.s. only 2.5million email addresses were stolen out of the half a billio=
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> phone no.s.=20
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> P.s. only 2.5million email addresses were stolen out of the half a billio=
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> Yeah, the % of the # of emails gotten was just .005, so no biggie!!!=20
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> Well this is confusing to say the least.=20
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> My phone no is pawned on one and not the other.=20
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> Are these web sites trust worthy to enter our e-mail addresses and phone=
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> numbers to check? :P=20
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> Are these web sites trust worthy to enter our e-mail addresses and phone=
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> numbers to check? :P=20
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> Have I been zucked.com seems to store your tries in a cookie. Closing the=
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> tab and returning the tries remain persistent. It also has no privacy=20
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> The link to haveibeenpwned privacy statement.

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