Privacy Scandal: 4 Million People's Phone Numbers Leaked From Facebook - Why Big Tech Is Not Helping Us

Facebook has once again been found to have been seriously deficient in it's handling of it's user's private data. A database has been found, unsecured, online that contains over 400 million records of private information and phone numbers about facebook users - tied to their facebook profile IDs. The potential for exploitation of this data is massive and causes us to consider how many groups and individuals have access to such data and how they are manipulating us and our world with it.

Many alternatives exist to the large, corrupt corporate entities that many are entrusting their most private data to - I recommend checking out the more integrity based solutions such as those found on the Steem blockchain, my own site ureka.org (https://www.ureka.org) and minds.com. There is no need for us to continue making billionaires even richer when their entire business model revolves around exploiting humanity and when alternatives already exist.

Wishing you well,
Ura Soul

LINKS

https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/04/facebook-phone-numbers-exposed/?guccounter=1
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/09/05/facebook-security-snafu-exposes-419-million-user-phone-numbers/#168afd521ab7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal
https://stallman.org/facebook.html