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What is stopping facebook, Reddit, or another popular site you have open while you're developing add this kind of thing and get user info? Or am I misunderstan
by talmr 6y ago
What is stopping facebook, Reddit, or another popular site you have open while you're developing add this kind of thing and get user info? Or am I misunderstanding something?
- t0astbread 6y agoTheoretically nothing but it'd probably be a PR disaster even for a site like Facebook if people found out it was trying to steal their passwords. (Is that even legal?)
- NeutronStar 6y agoIs it in the ToS?
- DreadY2K 6y agoTechnically, you only get legal issues if you do anything bad with the stolen passwords, but it'd totally be a PR disaster so they wouldn't do it anyways.
- whatatita 6y agoSince passwords are GDPR protected data, just saving them (and not using them) without consent is at least a breach of GDPR and illegal in most EU member states.
- gentleman11 6y agoWould it? They do this sort of thing constantly. Recently Facebook was accused of trying to acquire a malware company to get at user data after iOS security restrictions became tighter. They were also accessing people’s email accounts after requiring their email passwords for login to facebook