Facebook stored hundreds of millions of passwords unprotected

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Company admits to mistake and says it has no evidence of abuse – but the risk was huge

Facebook mistakenly stored “hundreds of millions” of passwords in plaintext, unprotected by any encryption, the company has admitted.

 

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brucel Oh FFS... the rest of us are trying to fight the good fight over here and you guys are setting a shit example.

USA law is weak on privacy, but other countries actually take it seriously.

Yay

When you wake up and see Facebook is driving

fbnewsroom can you not fuck up at least one basic thing?

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