[projectvrm] FB using stolen PWs to tell you you're not secure

[M a r y H o d d e r < >]

So what does this mean, ethically? Using hacked, stolen data, made public, to then check what you do, and send you a note 

(presumably to change your PW on FB to be more secure and unique.. but don't write it on a post-it note...)

It's very clever, the data is out there.. but what a way to tell people they are part of a larger hacking somewhere. If seeing yourself tracked,

because you searched on a product in one browser over there, and a week later seeing FB display the ad while using another browser

shows people that something is going on with personal data, this has got to be even more shocking.. to the general public.

mary

http://www.shellypalmer.com/2014/2014/10/17/facebook-uses-stolen-passwords-to-make-your-account-more-secure

"There's a reason you're not supposed to use same password for all of your accounts—large-scale data breachers are all too common. But in case you still refuse to abide by logic and reason (and many of us do), Facebook now uses those stolen-passwords-made-public to tell you what an idiot you're being. And to keep you safe. Basically, Facebook is taking advantage of the fact that hackers will often post their stolen cache of data on sites like Pastebin for all the world to see. So whenever a hoard of usernames and passwords leak from other sites, Facebook goes in, swipes the stolen credentials, and checks it against its own user database. Should it find two sets that match, the user will find an alarming little notification upon his or her next login."

Read the full story at Gizmodo.