Thread by @SarahJamieLewis

Ah I see, Facebook wasn't "breached", the firm just exploited weak default account privacy protections by taking advantage of a user perception that using Facebook to log into a 3rd party app was safe.

Totally different thing.

Oh and the developer of the app LIED, adversaries never lie..so this wasn't a breach.

Basically Facebook enabled mass phishing of accounts based on a promise developers wouldn't misuse that data.

Definitely not a breach though.

The system was working as designed, Facebook handed that data over willingly.

Therefore their processes were just broken...it wasn't a breach you see.

Nu uh no breach here, attackers always tell the truth and only ever use technical attacks on software..we don't consider social engineering of staff, phishing of CEO's or employees stealing databases "breaches" either you see

So don't go calling this a breach. Because this was definitely not a breach. Facebook handed this data over because someone asked. They were lied too! We should all feel for Facebook who have now almost definitely stopped handing over your data to anyone who asks for it nicely.

Remember everyone it's the users fault because they didn't update their privacy permissions every month facebook changed them back. This wasn't facebook
s fault. nu uh

You see what happened was, Facebook collected all your information, obfuscated privacy tools to help you share things better & then...get this...they gave your data to any random app that could "entice" you into trying it out.

But this was definitely *not* a breach!

They didn't "leak" the data...but at a future date they determined the amount of information they were giving to untrusted apps was too much...and that some apps were exploiting this to build profiles on people...and they reduced that data exposure.

That's not a "breach" though.

Hacker: "HI company can I have all you data I promise not to do bad things with it"
Company: "Sure,here you go"
Hacker: "Oops I did bad things with it"
Company "Well the important thing was that this was not a breach"

When you break users trust and give information to an adversary in violation of the user's threat model...that's what a breach is.

Regardless of whatever the user thinks they are consenting too at the time.

Facebook was the guardian of that data and it is crystal clear that their processes, systems and threat models were inadequate to prevent malicious actors from obtaining that data.

That is the. fucking. definition. of. a. breach.

I stopped using facebook many years ago. I would advice that if people can, they should too. Many people don't have that choice. Many marginalized people rely on Facebook to live. They deserve better than cover-your-ass weasel words.