Facebook’s latest effort to curtail leaks immediately leaked:
Facebook is ramping up its fight against leakers following the disclosures of whistleblower Frances Haugen. According to The New York Times, Facebook is limiting access to some internal groups that deal with “sensitive” issues like safety and elections. That the change, which was made to prevent further leaks, immediately leaked is both highly amusing and emblematic of some of the bigger issues the company is currently facing.
Ever since Haugen revealed herself as the whistleblower, one of the more noteworthy aspects of her story is that the documents she provided to Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission were widely accessible to employees. The documents included slides detailing the company’s research into teen mental health, as well as numerous memos about how the company has handled rules for VIPs, misinformation and other thorny issues.
[...] But now the social network is moving away from that openness. The company is making some internal groups private, and will remove employees “whose work isn’t related to safety and security,” according to the report. “Sensitive Integrity discussions will happen in closed, curated forums in the future,” the company told employees in a memo.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @04:02PM
Not much else to say.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Thursday October 14 2021, @04:04PM (1 child)
Moving away from openness ... Did they ever have that? Unless they are referring to that all their data on their sucker/customers was totally open to the advertisers that paid for said access. So I guess we'll see some kind of Facebook Secret Police that will snoop and track down the leakers. After all you can't claim any kind of snitching protection internally.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by DannyB on Thursday October 14 2021, @04:14PM
Yes, they did! And they do!
Facebook is completely and totally open -- with YOUR personal information.
When trying to solve a problem don't ask who suffers from the problem, ask who profits from the problem.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday October 14 2021, @04:13PM (2 children)
Facebook seriously needs to learn from Apple how to prevent leaks.
The designers of the Titanic could also be hired as paid insultants.
When trying to solve a problem don't ask who suffers from the problem, ask who profits from the problem.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @04:32PM (1 child)
The only way to stop the leaks is to stop the water.
This lesson learned as a little kid playing in our ~3 m square sandbox. A favorite activity was to build a series of little lakes, canals, and dykes/dams to control the flow of water...and then run the garden hose as the input to the system. It's a wonder that I didn't grow up to be a civil engineer...but that's another story. Anyway, as various dykes and other "flood control" measures were washed away we would frantically patch the leaks with sand, but all to no avail. The only way to stop the water (and some of the sand too) from running down the bank next to the sand box was to turn off the water.
(Score: 3, Touché) by captain normal on Thursday October 14 2021, @09:49PM
It seems that Facebook did exactly that a few days ago by shutting down DNS links to rework internal connections and messages. Just a guess...
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts"- --Daniel Patrick Moynihan--
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @05:39PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtBF6MxquWI [youtube.com]
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @09:28PM
(Score: 2) by Frosty Piss on Thursday October 14 2021, @11:59PM (2 children)
Sure, Facebook sucks. But in actual fact, they are not being forced on anyone. Delete your account and walk away, it’s not that hard. All this hand wringing and perseverating is pointless and self-destructive neurosis. It reminds me of the mindless Microsoft / Apple blather that fortunately for all has died down somewhat - I haven’t thought seriously about the Windows abomination in years since I simply don’t use it, just as I don’t use Facebook.
(Score: 2, Offtopic) by optotronic on Friday October 15 2021, @01:47AM (1 child)
Would you say that about people pushing drugs or nicotine delivery systems to children? Most people here are smart enough to avoid Facebook, but some are apparently hooked. In addition, Facebook lies about how they treat your personal data, they frequently release data "accidentally" or "unintentionally", and they make it hard to restrict access to just the people you want. Or so I hear from various news stories, anyway.
I believe the world would be better without Facebook, unless that meant a more evil corporation took its place. This country (USA) needs some meaningful privacy laws.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 15 2021, @07:29PM
The only people responsible for those children are their parents. I certainly am not.