Threads collects so much sensitive information it’s a ‘hacker’s dream,’ experts say - eviltoast
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The specificity and quantity of information the text and multimedia platform can access poses a risk to most users, if it falls into the wrong hands or is used to target them, tech experts agree.

“This is a hacker’s dream,” said Claudette McGowan, a longtime banking executive who founded Protexxa, a Toronto-based platform that uses artificial intelligence to rapidly identify and resolve cyber issues for employees.

  • Silverseren@kbin.social
    163·
    1 year ago

    I really don’t understand anyone who would choose to leave Twitter (an appropriate choice) to then join Threads. You’ve not upgraded or changed anything about being on a shitty service.

    • BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social
      4·
      1 year ago

      Twitter has rapidly been getting overrun by alt-right edgelords and crypto bros and is inextricably tied to Musk and his culture war of the day. Threads feels much more normal in comparison, and Zuck is smart enough to mostly be quiet.

    • Goronmon@kbin.social
      4·
      1 year ago

      The vast majority of the people online don’t give a shit about technology, they just care about what technology can do for them. So, if we are talking about a platform like Twitter/Threads, people want a platform that allows to them follow/interact with the people they want to follow or interact with. They don’t care if it’s open/closed-source, if it’s harvest your data, etc. They just want to use it the platform, that’s it.