Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoMeta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain textwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down14
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minus-squareramble81@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·22 hours agoConsidering how old Facebook is…. They probably never bothered to upgrade the authentication system because “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and it didn’t matter to their revenue.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoAt the time Facebook was invented, plaintext passwords had been a joke for years.
Considering how old Facebook is…. They probably never bothered to upgrade the authentication system because “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and it didn’t matter to their revenue.
At the time Facebook was invented, plaintext passwords had been a joke for years.