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> The affected data did not include government-issued identifiers, such as Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers, information that the app does n

• theossuary 9y ago
  Yeah, isn't that impressive, we weren't able to leak what we weren't given/didn't ask for. I wonder if they'll take that as a lesson. Probably not.
• ISL 9y ago
  The article is likely to be repeating what was in a press release or statement from the company. It's there to bound above the impact of the breach.
  • Someone 9y ago
    This is the statement from the company.
    • ISL 9y ago
      I'm reasonably certain that the link was changed from an article about the breach to the company's post. I'm not completely certain, but that was my impression at the time I wrote the post.
• Jagat 9y ago
  > It also doesn't include your mother's maiden name, nor does it include your browsing history, email dump, or your camera roll - information that the 'app does not collect from users' /s
  • Grollicus 9y ago
    Well, there are some apps that recorded your call history, even if they had no business knowing that as well. So it propably doesn't hurt to mention?
• matthewmacleod 9y ago
  That’s a facile complaint. There are obviously classes of data that are far more sensitive than others; a breach of usernames and hashed passwords, while serious, is arguably distinct from a compromise of more sensitive information. I don’t think there’s anything odd about clarifying that certain data wasn’t compromised.
• zodPod 9y ago
  I don't think it's supposed to be impressive as much as just reassuring users who are uneducated about that kind of thing. I guarantee someone read this post and started being concerned that it had that information because they don't know how this stuff works. EDIT: Plus, like someone pointed out below, Facebook collected a lot of data that it shouldn't and didn't declare as well.
• sneak 9y ago
  Legislation? Surely some of these intrusions are from national governments.
• deleted 9y ago
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