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And they announced it while they thought the attention was elsewhere (due to the Muller report release), and in an easy to miss manner (as an update to a blog p

And they announced it while they thought the attention was elsewhere (due to the Muller report release), and in an easy to miss manner (as an update to a blog post). Very trust inspiring.

bhelkey 8y ago
Edit: The following is correct but misleading. The Muller report was reported to be released before the Facebook security update. Facebook announced this before the Muller report was released. The Facebook security post was updated April 18, 2019 at 7AM PT [1]. The Muller report was released "Thursday morning, shortly after 11 am [EDT]" [2] [1] https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/03/keeping-passwords-secure/ https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/03/keeping-passwords-secur... [2] https://www.vox.com/2019/4/18/18411966/mueller-report-release-time-trump-russia-redactions https://www.vox.com/2019/4/18/18411966/mueller-report-releas... Disclosure: I work for a big tech company but not Facebook. All opinions are my own.
- k_sh 8y ago
  Sure, but the Mueller report was widely reported[0][1][2] to be released Thursday morning days ago. [0]: https://deadline.com/2019/04/redacted-robert-mueller-report-coming-thursday-morning-donald-trump-bill-barr-russia-1202596040/ https://deadline.com/2019/04/redacted-robert-mueller-report-... [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/mueller-reports-release-is-expected-thursday-justice-dept-says/2019/04/15/dd44eb02-5f91-11e9-9412-daf3d2e67c6d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/muell... [2]: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/mueller-report-expected-to-be-released-thursday-morning.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/mueller-report-expected-to-b...
  - bhelkey 8y ago
    I wasn't aware of this. I updated my comment to reflect this.
- anarazel 8y ago
  Barr's press conference was at 9.30 AM EDT, however.
  - bhelkey 8y ago
    I wasn't aware of this. I updated my comment to reflect this.
- rococode 8y ago
  In a way this is even more worrying (knowing that the Mueller report release time was widely known beforehand). It's probably "safer" for Facebook to make the announcement with the guaranteed disruption of the Mueller report release afterwards, than it is for them to release it after the report is out, since they can't predict how long people will be focused on the report. I can imagine a conversation along the lines of what I just wrote happening at Facebook, and that's really a distirubing level of coordination to hide a serious incident.

And they announced it while they thought the attention was elsewhere (due to the Muller report release), and in an easy to miss manner (as an update to a blog post). Very trust inspiring.

bhelkey 8y ago

Edit: The following is correct but misleading. The Muller report was reported to be released before the Facebook security update. Facebook announced this before the Muller report was released. The Facebook security post was updated April 18, 2019 at 7AM PT [1]. The Muller report was released "Thursday morning, shortly after 11 am [EDT]" [2] [1] https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/03/keeping-passwords-secure/ https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/03/keeping-passwords-secur... [2] https://www.vox.com/2019/4/18/18411966/mueller-report-release-time-trump-russia-redactions https://www.vox.com/2019/4/18/18411966/mueller-report-releas... Disclosure: I work for a big tech company but not Facebook. All opinions are my own.

k_sh 8y ago
Sure, but the Mueller report was widely reported[0][1][2] to be released Thursday morning days ago. [0]: https://deadline.com/2019/04/redacted-robert-mueller-report-coming-thursday-morning-donald-trump-bill-barr-russia-1202596040/ https://deadline.com/2019/04/redacted-robert-mueller-report-... [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/mueller-reports-release-is-expected-thursday-justice-dept-says/2019/04/15/dd44eb02-5f91-11e9-9412-daf3d2e67c6d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/muell... [2]: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/mueller-report-expected-to-be-released-thursday-morning.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/mueller-report-expected-to-b...
- bhelkey 8y ago
  I wasn't aware of this. I updated my comment to reflect this.
anarazel 8y ago
Barr's press conference was at 9.30 AM EDT, however.
- bhelkey 8y ago
  I wasn't aware of this. I updated my comment to reflect this.
rococode 8y ago
In a way this is even more worrying (knowing that the Mueller report release time was widely known beforehand). It's probably "safer" for Facebook to make the announcement with the guaranteed disruption of the Mueller report release afterwards, than it is for them to release it after the report is out, since they can't predict how long people will be focused on the report. I can imagine a conversation along the lines of what I just wrote happening at Facebook, and that's really a distirubing level of coordination to hide a serious incident.