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Facebook are frantically trying to find out who leaked thousands of documents
- greenleafjacob 7y agoArticle is from April 2019.
- ironic_ali 7y agoAre facebook still "digital gangsters"?
- spodek 7y agoProbably graduated to gangsters, without the qualification.
- kerblang 7y agoYou can buy the t-shirt and be one too https://www.spreadshirt.com/digital+gangster+unisex+tri-blend+t-shirt-D12245171 https://www.spreadshirt.com/digital+gangster+unisex+tri-blen...
- EGreg 7y agoYup > Good enough for me! Sounds a bit like: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PETk8eBbfN0&t=2m0s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PETk8eBbfN0&t=2m0s
- Chris2048 7y agoIs the pool of people with access that big? Then it's their own damn fault.
- nimrody 7y agoWhy fault? If Facebook is internally transparent and allows all/most of the employees access to all internal documents -- that's good transparency and good company culture in my eyes. It does put a lot of responsibility on employees: Don't leak internal data, but do express your opinion if something doesn't look right (and yes, perhaps even leak the offending documents if something illegal or clearly unethical is happening in the company)
- pluma 7y agoFacebook's hysterical reaction to the leak suggests the company didn't actually expect anyone to leak information about illegal and clearly unethical business practices. I mean, assuming that Facebook wants to create an environment where employees leak information about unethical business practices is extremely inconsistent with how unethical Facebook has been routinely behaving in the past.
- Chris2048 7y ago> that's good transparency and good company culture in my eyes wrt sensitive information? Possibly even information relating to customers, or technical detail that can be exploited?
- badfrog 7y ago> Possibly even information relating to customers, or technical detail that can be exploited? Yeah for sure. Sometimes you need customer information to do your job (e.g. to repro a bug that only one person has seen). Facebook does a good job of making this available easily and quickly people who need it, while auditing and firing anybody who abuses the privilege to access data that is not strictly needed. Regarding technical issues, you want as many people as possible to know about it so that it gets fixed quickly, other people know how to avoid the same mistake, and you build a culture of not keeping your own mistakes to yourself.
- Chris2048 7y agoI didn't say technical issues, I said detail e.g architecture. Not all architectural issues are bugs that can be fixed if known. In any case, building a "culture of not keeping your own mistakes to yourself" won't help when a bug is discovered by someone who intends to exploit it. 0-days borne from internal disclosures are not a "culture" problem.
- chewz 7y ago> It does put a lot of responsibility on employees: Don't leak internal data Mobsters plain and simple.
- auiya 7y agoI don't think it's an issue of access pool. The NSA is notoriously segmented for instance and still have experienced leaks.
- na85 7y agoAnyone got a link to a mirror of the leaked docs?
- whatamidoingyo 7y agoThis, please.
- enthd 7y agohttps://github.com/BuxtonTheRed/btrmisc https://github.com/BuxtonTheRed/btrmisc
- spinningslate 7y agoIt’s difficult not to see the potential for divine retribution in this. Facebook, alongside Google, spearhead the “privacy is dead consumers, all your data are mine” assertion. But someone dares to share FB’s data? Release the wolves. Until/unless the actual docs emerge, we can only surmise that there’s a few ‘interesting’ gems in there - hence FB’s attentiveness to preventing dissemination. I hope they are published irrespective of content. If we as individuals have no say in Facebook’s surveillance of us, there’s a modicum of comfort in knowing we can surveil it. Reap as you sow Mr Zuckerberg. —- EDIT: fixed grammar.
- hkai 7y agoDo you see any possible difference between providing a free service in exchange for data useful for targeting ads, and illegally leaking internal company documents with the intent to hurt the company?
- torified 7y agoThe leaker should have sold the data to third parties, then it would have been ok. /s
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago> a free service in exchange for data useful for targeting ads Do you intend to argue that this is all Facebook have done with user data?
- dfc 7y agoIt is kind of strange that the author messed up is/are in the title but not in the first sentence.
- black6 7y agoThe full title is grammatically correct, as '"Digital gangsters"' is modifying "Facebook" to be a plural noun. Later on, though, we have this mistake: "The publications is [sic] among several media outlets..."
- wkearney99 7y ago"Facebook personnel are" would work. But, I agree, "Facebook is" or "Facebook management is" would seem more grammatically correct.
- chrisseaton 7y agoIn many countries companies and groups of people like managers are considered plural, so 'are' is grammatically correct.
- CalRobert 7y agoThis is common usage in non-US English to refer to companies. It's kind of nice, actually - "are" helps remind us that Facebook are a company composed of many people. Using "is" makes it seem more abstract.
- chrisseaton 7y ago> the author messed up is/are Facebook are a group of people. So you say 'Facebook are' in many countries. In the US groups of people like companies are considered a single person in their own right. So you say 'Facebook is' in the US. Is't not 'messing up'. It's a cultural difference.
- dfc 7y agoSo then it seems like using "is" in the first sentence would be strange? I do not understand why the usage would not be consistent. > Facebook is trying really hard to plug...
- Mark222 7y agoIs reclaimthenet.org a real news website? None of the writers looks real and I can't find any information on the website on who edits it and fund it. Some articles reek of bias
- jacquesm 7y agoSaid Mark222.
- lawlessone 7y agoit's all very right wing. Alex Jones. Rants about "anti christian censorhsip" Just the usual homophobes. Prove me wrong downvoters.
- Sojuwa 7y agoAh, Nazis. Into the garbage bin this article goes.
- xkcd-sucks 7y agoIf they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear from sharing data :)