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I mean what are they gonna say? "Yes, we have been aware that an unknown but possibly huge number of our servers have been compromised, but decided to keep our
by enraged_camel 8y ago
I mean what are they gonna say? "Yes, we have been aware that an unknown but possibly huge number of our servers have been compromised, but decided to keep our customers in the dark"?
- fcantournet 8y agoYour point being ?
- crunchlibrarian 8y agoI think the point is that actual honesty from these megacorps would be so surprising that even raising the possibility of it happening is so absurd it feels like parody writing.
- BryantD 8y agoLast week Facebook was reasonably transparent about a hack affecting tens of millions of users.
- crunchlibrarian 8y agoThis may be the first time in the history of the internet a statement from Facebook has ever been held up as an example of honesty and transparency from a corporation in America. The GDPR has already called out Facebook for lack of info in its response to the breach: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/02/facebooks-muddy-account-breach-response-could-be-the-new-norm.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/02/facebooks-muddy-account-brea... Not sure why you'd pick that example.
- BryantD 8y agoMostly because I believe that, while it's important to maintain healthy skepticism around privacy and security issues, I also believe that we don't benefit from cynical hyperbole.
- enraged_camel 8y agoThat's because they have been under tremendous scrutiny recently.