Monday was already becoming a lively news day for tech journalists. That’s when the next installment of To wave, the podcast of The New York Times’ Kara Swisher, will be available to listen to, with the new interview topic none other than Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Swisher teased via Twitter on Friday that the conversation with Cook will cover everything from the App Store drama surrounding Parler to the iPhone maker’s feud with Facebook – the latter of which on Saturday inadvertently gave Cook even more ammunition to use against the social networking giant while continuing his case defend that Facebook is terrible. In case you haven’t heard, there has been yet another massive Facebook data breach, with personal information from over 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries. These data are according to a report by Insider, that is – if you have a Facebook account, chances are your data has been exposed to hackers again, including everything from your phone number to your email address, birthday, full name and more.
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One of the great dangers of a leak like this is that hackers and other malicious actors can use this information to gain access to your Facebook account, and frankly all other accounts, now that they have an abundance of information on you. For example, they can try to reset your password and use that to cause all kinds of other mischief.
On Twitter, Facebook spokesman Liz Bourgeois responded to a handful of news articles and reports about this leak by tweeting the same two-sentence statement: “This is old data reported earlier in 2019. We found and resolved this issue in August 2019. . “
In other words, Facebook is responsible for re-leaking a few hundred million users (seriously, how common is this now?), But don’t worry, it’s fine – they fixed the problem a long time ago. Not that this will help in getting out the data now in the hands of hackers, but, hey, Facebook did its part!
This is old data reported earlier in 2019. We found and fixed this issue in August 2019.
– Liz Bourgeois (@Liz_Shepherd) April 3, 2021
Of course, many people have found that reaction monumental unsatisfactory.
- “How is it resolved?” someone tweeted in answer. “Clearly the data is still there.”
- “How do I change my date of birth?” reads another answer
- Also, “I’ve had the same email for ten years. I love these dismissive responses. “
- AndYou are head of communication for @Facebook and this is your response !? How about “We are very sorry that your data is being released for the second time. Get in touch with our CS team and we’ll help you recover and protect your account. “Just try harder!”
Needless to say, all of this will help shine an even greater light on everything Cook is saying about Facebook during what promises to be a long and in-depth interview with Swisher on Monday. Here are some of Cook’s Facebook-related comments that Swisher has already shared from the upcoming interview:
“All we do, Kara, is give the user the choice whether or not to be tracked,” Cook said at one point during the podcast, referring to the iOS changes that will make it more difficult for Facebook to access data. about what its users are doing on the internet. ‘And I think it’s hard to argue with that. I’m – I’m shocked that there has been a backlash to this extent at this point. “
And when Swisher then asks him how he thinks this could affect Facebook’s bottom line, Apple’s CEO is lowering the boom. ‘Yes, Kara, I’m not focused on Facebook. So I do not know. “
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Andy is a Memphis reporter who also contributes to outlets like Fast Company and The Guardian. When not writing about technology, he can be found protective of his burgeoning vinyl collection, as well as his whovianism and binges on a variety of TV shows you probably don’t like.