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Re:Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in... by aequitas on Thursday March 21, 2019 @12:12PM (#19454001)
By extending this logic, a car manufacturer should be blamed for not designing proper brakes for their car. But if a worker then accidentally installs the breaks wrong they are not responsible?

Imho, a company (especially as big as facebook) should have the right process and procedures to prevent these kind of problems and ensure developers have proper training to make them aware of the consequences of their actions.

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Re:Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in... by EnFinlay on Thursday March 21, 2019 @12:28PM (#19454202)
Interesting analogy and I see your point. If a car manufacturer's process made it easy to install the brakes wrong they would be held responsible (probably with a recall or damages for lives lost due to faulty brakes).

I guess part of this is that passwords aren't considered that important to many people :(

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