Quora User Data Compromised

Re:Quora User Data Compromised by giobox on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:23PM (#18595465)

If your main concern is the sheer number of username/unique password combos, pick a good password manager that works well across the devices you use. I’ve literally stopped caring about this aspect of my family’s online life thanks to 1Password. That iOS 12 added OS level integration for the service was the icing on the cake for me.

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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by ryandrake on Monday December 03, 2018 @10:40PM (#18595973)

Using a password manager (which I do) is a valid coping mechanism, but does not fix the root concern: for 90% of these cases, one shouldn't even need an account. I don't want personalization. I don't want some new identity to manage. I don't want a relationship with your service. I just want to browse the goddamned web! How did we get to this point where in order to use the Internet you have to sign up for all these free accounts and generate all these ridiculous username/password combinations?

Oh, and OAuth is a similar coping mechanism. You shouldn't need to log in to something to browse the web!

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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by onion2k on Monday December 03, 2018 @11:04PM (#18596129)

How did we get to this point where in order to use the Internet you have to sign up for all these free accounts and generate all these ridiculous username/password combinations

We stopped using sites built by amateurs in their spare time and demanded "beautiful user experiences" that we didn't pay anything for. That costs money, so people who wanted to solve that "pain" looked for business models that meant they could deliver what people want without charging directly. Hence we have an Internet driven by advertising and privacy violation.

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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by TeMPOraL on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @01:35AM (#18596894)

I propose the alternative view: we did no such thing.

We didn't demand shit. We only chose from what was available. People trying to make money on-line have, over time, perfected both the design and the business models. At every step of the way, we had a choice between status quo and this new service that's prettier and offers more, for free, with user-hostile monetization scheme that wasn't immediately apparent. Step by step, we've been had, like the frog in the boiling frog fable.

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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by Randy238480 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @12:36AM (#18596623)

https://www.quora.com/How-does-DuckDuckGo-show-me-the-ads-th...

This model doesn't seem bad, advertising without tracking.

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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by AznHisoka on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @07:00AM (#18598609)

The web started to decline when we moved away from JQuery, and personal homepages. And when Google started to use brand name as a ranking factor.

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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by jacquesm on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:27PM (#18595489)

That's only part of it. The other part is that - invariably - they get hacked.

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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by bpanon on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @02:36AM (#18597162)

Worth noting that they encrypted end-to-end encrypted. So they would have to get their storage system hacked as well as push out malicious clients to collect secret keys in order to obtain your passwords.

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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by baxtr on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @03:43PM (#18603421)

That’s called life. There are risks. And, no one forced you to use such a platform, just look for another place

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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by 2arrs2ells on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:27PM (#18595487)

Agreed. I never would have thought that the problem that motivated Persona would have been solved this way... but the combination of TouchID/Face ID and 1Password has made account setup/maintenance sufficiently frictionless.

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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by lisper on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:28PM (#18595500)

Until 1password gets compromised.

https://thehackernews.com/2017/02/password-manager-apps.html

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