Hundreds of millions of Facebook records exposed on Amazon cloud servers

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Hey look more bullshit

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/03/tech/facebook-records-exposed-amazon/index.html

[Geel]

Two third-party Facebook app developers were found to have stored user data on Amazon's servers in a way that allowed it to be downloaded by the public, according to a report from UpGuard, a cybersecurity firm.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-asks-new-users-email-passwords-2019-4

what kind of galaxy brain uses facebook in the current year

[VinLAURiA]

Nine hours between that revelation and news of this breach. I think that's a new record.

[Mitsuma]

Would get less clicks if it had't this ambiguous headline where most people think it was Facebook again.

Wouldn't have been surprised if it was Facebook itself though, given the recent history.
The article is kinda silly.

Facebook has "no way of guaranteeing the safe storage of the data of their end users if they are going to allow app developers to harvest it in mass," Vickery said.
In a statement provided to CNN Business, a Facebook spokesperson said, "Facebook's policies prohibit storing Facebook information in a public database.

Thats how APIs work and all Facebook really can do is to make rules on how you can use the API.

The new finding is the latest to highlight Facebook's struggle to protect the data collected from its more than 2 billion users.

Thats now how it works, what do they want them to do? At one point or another a 3rd party has to read the data if they want to use the API.
There is no magic trick that would allow Facebook to always have full control of the data.

Giving a 3rd party access to your info via official API authorization is your responsibility.
Those login pages where you authorize the it neaty lists what the 3rd party has access to and what not.
The 3rd party has to make sure all the data they access is stored securely.
I can't sue my apartment owner when I give my key to a friend who robbed me.

I wonder why those two companies aren't even named, they are the bad ones here.
Mexico-based digital media company Cultura Colectiva and a defunct California-based app maker At The Pool.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/03/facebook-records-exposed-server/

This article is a lot better and has way more detail. Facebook actually told them to remove the data but they didn't react so they contacted Amazon directly to fix the issue.