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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 02:57:36 JST Ars Technica

   Meta slapped with $101 million fine for storing passwords in plaintext

   Company failed to follow one of the most sacrosanct rules for password storage.

   https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/meta-slapped-with-101-million-fine-for-storing-passwords-in-plaintext/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • r0k (r0k@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 03:17:57 JST r0k

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     "The company said that apps for connecting to various Meta-owned social networks had logged user passwords in plaintext and stored them in a database that had been searched by roughly 2,000 company engineers, who collectively queried the stash more than 9 million times."

     "They went on to say that they uncovered no evidence that anyone internally improperly accessed the passcodes or that the passcodes were ever accessible to people outside the company."

   • Ehay2k for Harris Walz (ehay2k@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 04:01:11 JST Ehay2k for Harris Walz

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     Soo, the people potentially harmed by this get nothing?

   • KB Sez (kbsez@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 04:06:37 JST KB Sez

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     $100 million is NOTHING to this company. Why aren’t they fining them in amounts that will actually hurt them and make them pay accordingly

   • Leta_Darnell (moral_gutpunch@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 04:46:03 JST Leta_Darnell

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     @arstechnica Big Companies want to enforce rules, not follow them

   • Brian Dear (brianstorms@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 05:13:13 JST Brian Dear

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     To help train the AIs no doubt

   • Horror Author Reed Alexander (reedshorror@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 07:20:35 JST Horror Author Reed Alexander

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     @arstechnica

     Can we talk about the fact that they literally, intentionally, and maliciously spread pro conservative misinformation?

     Can we talk aboit the fact that they LITERALLY hired a guy who partially authored Project 2025?

     Can we talk about the fact that they let white, cos, men harras the LGBTQAI2S community, often with literal death and rape threats, then restrict the account of anyone who fights back?

   • enoch_exe_inc (enoch_exe_inc@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 08:07:19 JST enoch_exe_inc

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     @arstechnica What the fu—?

   • Sector9 (sector9@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Sep-2024 07:44:22 JST Sector9

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     Meta could care less about your security. They are a tracking company and exist to profit off of you.