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Re:Audit Cleared Google Privacy Practices Despite Security Flaw by esoterae on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @02:04PM (#18178319)
This is a witch-hunt by Murdoch, I'm guessing. 500,000 people's information with the potential to have leaked, and yet Facebook and Equifax fucking skate on DEMONSTRABLY having leaked well over half of America's personal information to domestic and foreign interests alike.

This is sour grapes of the worst kind.

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Re:Audit Cleared Google Privacy Practices Despite Security Flaw by SpicyLemonZest on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @02:14PM (#18178413)
I mean, what is it at this point, 2 days of bad press? All Murdoch properties I'm aware of covered Facebook and Equifax for a lot longer than that, and certainly didn't pretend that what they did was okay.
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Re:Audit Cleared Google Privacy Practices Despite Security Flaw by partiallypro on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @02:49PM (#18178737)
...Can you show proof that Murdoch properties didn't cover Facebook and Equifax breaches?

(hint: you can't, because they covered them extensively)

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Re:Audit Cleared Google Privacy Practices Despite Security Flaw by kevingadd on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @04:06PM (#18179386)
It's only a 'potential' because they failed to keep any auditable logs of the behavior of unvetted third parties, AND failed to vet them in any meaningful fashion.

The amount and type of data exposed isn't as bad but this is pretty similar to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, except in this case Google literally didn't even notice. Facebook at least noticed.

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Re:Audit Cleared Google Privacy Practices Despite Security Flaw by glenrivard on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @02:56PM (#18178800)
Agree. When did Murdoch start with his vendetta towards Google?
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