Because they screwed up in 2019, and they want you to just forget about it, and let them continue to sell your activity and interests to everyone.Facebook leaks strategy to numb reaction to data scraping incidents
Facebook’s long-term strategy is to desensitize users about leaked data dumps that were collected through scraping the public portion of the social network.
The plan was revealed after the company leaked to journalists internal communication intended for Facebook’s public relations staff in Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
This data can be used in phishing attacks, SIM swapping, where the bad-guys steal your phone numebr away from you - getting access to a bunch of 2 factor authentication pathways - and more.
Shannon Morse has a video on the topic over at ThreatWire. The F*c*book issue is up first, followed by a similar problem at LinkedIn, and then problems in collaboration softare, Slack and DIscord.
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