Fascinating conversation live now with the leading experts on this new Facebook data dump including @intidc for first reported it, former FTC tech lead @ashk4n & the security researcher who first found it @UnderTheBreach
https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1379829443468931073
The timing of it and when & if Facebook reported this to FTC is absolutely critical, says @ashk4n. He also says his private telephone number that he only uses for 2-factor verification and has never been public is in the data breach
The idea that Facebook 'fixed' this problem in Aug 19 is so absurd. As @ashk4n says the data dump, which is still sitting on the open net, is 'the perfect harassment tool'
'Facebook is trying to frame this as a 'scrape' not a 'hack' but this is completely misleading. It revealed non-public information. It linked phone numbers to profiles. And that was private information'- @ashk4n
'For a lot of women having their telephone number available is a huge physical threat' - @ashk4n
Fascinating contributions from @wired's @lilyhnewman & @BusinessInsider's @aaronpholmes & @fastcompany's @pasternack on the deliberate obfuscation from Facebook & refusal to answer basic questions. I still have received no response to any of my press inquiries.
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