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Actual article title: Over 10 million passwords possibly compromised at Trapster I see you left out "possibly" from the original title to bait people into blin

Actual article title: Over 10 million passwords possibly compromised at Trapster I see you left out "possibly" from the original title to bait people into blindly voting for this. The article states that the company doesn't even know for sure if that data was compromised.

Terretta 16y ago
On the contrary, compromised means weakened, and security of all accounts was weakened. The original headline was a weasel word. Bait would have been to say 10M stolen, since they're not saying which or how many were actually taken. But any could have been, meaning all accounts' passwords are to be considered compromised.
- coderdude 16y ago
  You know that in the context of that title and the article compromised meant stolen and one of the definitions of 'to compromise' is to breach a security system. Regardless of what the article meant, it's obvious that your edit to the title was intended as vote bait. Otherwise there was no reason to change it as the change was obviously sensationalist.
  - Terretta 16y ago
    Actually, sensationalist theories aside, I typed in a headline on an iPad long after copying the URL to clipboard in a different app. The omission of the original author's weasel word was unintentional. No, I do not know that in that context it meant "stolen". That's not the conventional meaning. I stand by the assertion that compromised means compromised, and that information in that article makes it clear all accounts were compromised (had their security breached), while unknown which individual accounts were stolen.
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Terretta 16y ago
Update from their FAQ: How do I know if my password was hacked? We believe it’s best to be cautious. So, if you’ve registered your account with Trapster, then it’s best to assume that your e-mail address and password were included among the compromised data. That's all 10 million they're saying that to.

Terretta 16y ago

On the contrary, compromised means weakened, and security of all accounts was weakened. The original headline was a weasel word. Bait would have been to say 10M stolen, since they're not saying which or how many were actually taken. But any could have been, meaning all accounts' passwords are to be considered compromised.

coderdude 16y ago
You know that in the context of that title and the article compromised meant stolen and one of the definitions of 'to compromise' is to breach a security system. Regardless of what the article meant, it's obvious that your edit to the title was intended as vote bait. Otherwise there was no reason to change it as the change was obviously sensationalist.
- Terretta 16y ago
  Actually, sensationalist theories aside, I typed in a headline on an iPad long after copying the URL to clipboard in a different app. The omission of the original author's weasel word was unintentional. No, I do not know that in that context it meant "stolen". That's not the conventional meaning. I stand by the assertion that compromised means compromised, and that information in that article makes it clear all accounts were compromised (had their security breached), while unknown which individual accounts were stolen.
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Terretta 16y ago

Update from their FAQ: How do I know if my password was hacked? We believe it’s best to be cautious. So, if you’ve registered your account with Trapster, then it’s best to assume that your e-mail address and password were included among the compromised data. That's all 10 million they're saying that to.