Re:Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees
by stryk on Monday March 26, 2018 @05:10AM
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I suddenly deduced you were looking for specific descriptions a little ways up this comment tree where you asked the question: "As an ex-employee could you please also confirm whether or not the average employee is able to access user data, and what kinds of permissions (if any) this requires?"
Re:Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees
by mehrdadn on Monday March 26, 2018 @05:22AM
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> I suddenly deduced you were looking for specific descriptions a little ways up this comment tree where you asked the question: "As an ex-employee could you please also confirm whether or not the average employee is able to access user data, and what kinds of permissions (if any) this requires?"
That could be answered with something vague like "yes, this requires permissions from a small team of trusted individuals, which are granted only if the issue is severe/cannot otherwise get immediate attention/cannot be addressed by that team/etc., and it's never granted to most interns". No need for jumping to "X-dev-team #1 has access to X, Y, and Z".
Re:Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees
by stryk on Monday March 26, 2018 @05:30AM
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Really? That was a pretty specific question, and you were looking for (and would accept) a vague answer? It doesn't matter anyway, again, they have no incentive to tell you that. vague or not vague. Nobody that knows the answer to that question is dumb enough to answer that question (i would hope).
Re:Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees
by mehrdadn on Monday March 26, 2018 @05:38AM
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Yes, really. And I don't see why it would be dumb to answer that question, but no need to go on that tangent. If people can't respond then they can live with that being interpreted however it is.
For goodness's sake, please stop these straw-man arguments. I said this above once, but it seems I have to say it again: nobody ever asked for that level of detail. People have been struggling with far more basic issues. No current or ex-employee or intern has even come along to try to say something simple like "as far as I know, the average Facebook intern simply cannot access private user data regardless of any business reasons"; indeed, we've gotten anecdotes that that the opposite has actually happened. How you suddenly deduce that I'm looking for specific descriptions of what teams can access what data is just beyond me.