Ex-Meta worker investigated for downloading 30k private Facebook photos
by 1659447091 on 4/7/2026, 10:20:22 PM
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg049xz1ygo
Comments
by: dietr1ch
> found Meta to have inadvertently stored certain passwords of social media users on its internal systems without encryption, and fined it €91m (£75m)<p>WTF? I thought that on 2010 already people were diligent enough to avoid even sending the password and instead just hashed it locally before even sending it.
4/8/2026, 12:20:17 AM
by: burnt-resistor
Extremely doubtful to have occurred in the past 10 years. It's pretty much impossible to access anything on the graph without a business reason and managerial approval.
4/8/2026, 12:56:30 AM
by: xnx
This would've been an embarrassing security lapse in 2007. In 2024(?) it's despicable.
4/8/2026, 12:01:29 AM
by: cramsession
I was at a party once with Facebook employees and they were telling stories about how they would spy on who visited who's profiles. They thought it was <i>so</i> funny, they could "tell" who had a crush on who. I deleted my account as soon as I got home. Vile company.
4/7/2026, 11:43:43 PM
by: booleandilemma
What a creep.
4/8/2026, 12:11:57 AM
by: xgulfie
What is it that Zuck called people who trusted him? Oh right
4/7/2026, 11:52:50 PM