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What Really Caused Facebook's 500M-User Data Leak?

The company's explanations were sophisticated and inconsistent, alternatively there are finally some answers.
The company's explanations have been confusing and inconsistent, but there are finally some answers.

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Author: Lily Hay Newman

Lily Hay Newman has recently written 7 articles on similar topics including :
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  3. "From arrests to surveillance, governments are using the novel coronavirus as cover for a crackdown on digital liberty". (October 14, 2020)
  4. "A few months ago, Facebook disclosed that apps were siphoning data from up to 9.5 million of its users. They only found out thanks to a bug bounty submission". (February 7, 2020)
  5. "The companys investigation into a Chinese espionage campaign took researchers beyond Facebooks own platforms". (March 24, 2021)
  6. "A class action lawsuit. Rampant zoombombing. And as of today, two new zero-day vulnerabilities". (April 1, 2020)
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