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along_the_road ( along_the_road@beehaw.org )  to Technology · 4 months ago

Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak

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Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak

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along_the_road ( along_the_road@beehaw.org )  to Technology · 4 months ago
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The move comes after the company left potentially sensitive data from the initiative exposed internally.
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  • ThotDragon ( thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    My money is on they put a database password or equivalent credential in whatever agent was running on the employee workstations and somebody found it.

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    “We will only re-enable MCI when we are confident in the effectiveness of our data protection controls,” Kasriel said.

    This should have been an obvious concern from the start. All the data would go to Meta, who are known to be the most reliable, privacy-focused data stewards in the world.

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    There’s really a competition for which billionaire is the most out of touch with humanity. They keep outdoing each other.

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