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.

  • Fredselfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Yeah I am sure Meta collect it anyway. I heard they even have shawdow accounts for people who don’t even use Facebook or ever would.

    • NightOwl@lemmy.oneEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, shadow accounts seem easy since meta collects contact lists from people who use it, so they at least have names and phone numbers and possibly emails of people who haven’t made a Facebook account.

      • nepenthes@kbin.social
        11·
        1 year ago

        Ugh, reading Suck’s (keeping that error) bullshit responses enrages me; he never answers the question. I deleted FB c.2014 but have friends that still use it, so I’m fucked regardless of my ad/tracker blocker.

        Also, that threads homepage image looks like someone took pictures of all the massive shites they took over a week, composited them, and then adjusted the sliders to black-- adding a prism gradient for the text area. They aren’t spending their money on graphic designers…