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Meta's Program That Spies on Every Employee's Computer Just Blew Up in Its Face in Spectacular Fashion (futurism.com)
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[–] artyom@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

while we have no indication at this time that any data was improperly accessed by Meta employees, we’re pausing it while we investigate

So why are you pausing it again?

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

So why are you pausing it again?

we’re pausing it while we investigate

It's literally right there in your own quote...because they are still investigating this.

[–] artyom@piefed.social -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And what are they investigating?

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That seems pretty obvious no? Whether or not people that shouldn't have had access to this data have accessed it. Even if they have the data showing whether or not it happened, it still takes time to go through it because they collect insane amounts on their employees.

[–] artyom@piefed.social -4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

WHY WOULD THEY INVESTIGATE SOMETHING THEY HAVE "NO INDICATION" HAPPENED!?

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They have no indication at this time, which means that they're not done looking but so far haven't found anything.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

WHY ARE THEY LOOKING!? THIS MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 minutes ago

They're talking about doing something that they have no inclination to actually do, because taking action might open a can of worms.

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's just corporate doublespeak messing with your head. The normal person translation is:

oh fuck something might have happened. But we don't want shareholders to panic. Uhh, so everyone, please pretend everything is fine.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

LOL that was my takeaway as well but the people fucking with my head are in these comments

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because the best way to find any such indications is to keep looking for them in all possible places? Yes they should have added "yet." But investigating while attempting to reassure is standard practice in crises

[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Okay so should they pause it to look for Smurfs in the servers? The best way to find any such indications is to keep looking for them in all possible places?

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Oh they're in there all right!