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New rule: whenever facebook announces a breach and scale of effect, just square the scale of effect right off the bat. You'll probably still be a little low, b
by hprotagonist 8y ago
New rule: whenever facebook announces a breach and scale of effect, just square the scale of effect right off the bat. You'll probably still be a little low, but you'll be a lot closer to the number in the second (or third or fourth) press release.
- ryanlol 8y agoThis isn't a breach.
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- mgraczyk 8y ago1e6^2 = 1e12, trillions of passwords? ...
- zephyrnh 8y ago"The security lapse was first reported last month, but at the time, Facebook said it only happened to “tens of thousands of Instagram users,” whereas the number is now being revised up to “millions.” The issue also affected “hundreds of millions of Facebook Lite users” and “tens of millions of other Facebook users.”"
- sreyaNotfilc 8y agoI wonder how much of this is the responsibility on how Instagram was built. Like Instagram may have been built so fast that those things never were accounted for. Not that I'm giving Facebook excuses, but maybe something was overlooked before acquisition. Then again, Facebook is breaching security protocols left and right.
- lightgreen 8y ago1e12 square passwords.