Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years

Re:Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in... by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 21, 2019 @02:25PM (#19455658)

I painted too broad strokes. I agree, and admit my mistake.

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Re:Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in... by mfoy_ on Thursday March 21, 2019 @03:53PM (#19456541)

Just replace "software developer" with "self-proclaimed software engineer" in your comment and you'd be spot-on.

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Re:Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in... by balls187 on Thursday March 21, 2019 @04:15PM (#19456785)

Nothing about engineering really covers security best principles and practices.

I went through classical engineering school, and I'd summarize with three categories:

* Newtonian Physics & The Mathematics Behind It (i.e. Differential Equations)

* Ethics

* Technical Communications

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Re:Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in... by mfoy_ on Thursday March 21, 2019 @04:48PM (#19457156)

That's because there is no software engineering program, and other engineering programs don't deal with "security" per se.

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Re:Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in... by balls187 on Thursday March 21, 2019 @08:26PM (#19458660)

My alma mater offers a degree in Software Engineering.

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