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Not this excuse again. Everything Facebook has ever been caught doing maliciously was classified as bug - at least until they turned it back on later and called
by mtgx 9y ago
Not this excuse again. Everything Facebook has ever been caught doing maliciously was classified as bug - at least until they turned it back on later and called it a "super important security feature the world couldn't live without -
so, you're welcome?!", like they did/are doing with the datr cookies.
They're also going to get caught using people's supposed "face authentication" biometrics (another recent "security feature", which btw is a stupidly reckless feature even when taken at face-value, because biometrics should be stored client-side not in a centralized database where millions of profiles can get hacked at once) for 100% advertising purposes, and they'll probably call it a bug again if there's strong backlash against it, at least until they make sure they can't get caught the next time they do it.
- drak0n1c 9y agoThey are probably not lying. If they get sued in a class action lawsuit and this public statement is found to be a fabrication then they will be in way more trouble than this entire issue is causing them in the first place.
- shakna 9y ago"Bug" is a nice wide term covering a lot of things. This could have been a feature that wasn't intended to go live yet. It got exposed early, so that's a bug. Another option: It was supposed to go live everywhere, but only went live in a small area. Still a bug.