Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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These kinds of events are starting to be commonplace for Facebook. This shows what's the problem with large centralized platforms. We will see Zucc once again looking really robotic in court or some corporate PR video.
Think of all the other organisations who have your personal data, but it might not make the news when they are hacked.
Even electricity companies, delivery companies, even shops sometimes demand your phone number before they'll do their job.
They probably get hacked frequently, without always making the news. This is gold for phishing and spyware companies, companies just like Facebook.
Wondering if there is a way to check to see if my data was part of that...I know my phone number hasn't changed so just want to check and see
Yes of course. The list is publicly available. The link can be found in news.ycombinator.com
That's more than the population of the EU. About 1/15th of the world population...
right. so when all this data is sold, we have someone else to blame.
Obligatory quotes.
Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS Zuck: People just submitted it. Zuck: I don't know why. Zuck: They "trust me" Zuck: Dumb fucks