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I'm a little bit disappointed, because from the title I expected a little bit of deep dive into the content of the admin panel. Something like an insight into
by greatgib 6y ago
I'm a little bit disappointed, because from the title I expected a little bit of deep dive into the content of the admin panel.
Something like an insight into what kind of secret power or privacy abuse was available to the legal department without the users really realizing.
- tptacek 6y agoExploiting a vulnerability to learn and then reveal trade secrets is probably a crime. You have Facebook's tacit permission to look for vulnerabilities, but not to use them or pivot from them.
- greatgib 6y agoIt is not trade secret. It would be in the public interest. Just let me remember you that we are speaking about Facebook and user's privacy... As we have discovered through recent scandals, a lot of people are not aware of the level of abuse on their privacy they expose themselves by using Facebook. But just reusing the devil's argument, if they have nothing bad to hide, there is no issue to be transparent...
- tptacek 6y agoThat's not how that works at all. You absolutely do not have a right to hack into private companies "in the public interest".
- webmaven 6y ago> That's not how that works at all. You absolutely do not have a right to hack into private companies "in the public interest". Well, not as a private individual, certainly. You have to work for a nation-state's Advanced Persistent Threat group like the NSA's Tailored Access Operations.
- megous 6y agoParent comment is not talking about "rights", just public interest.