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Re:Facebook Helped Develop a Tails Exploit by throwaway0616 on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @07:16AM (#23537789)
Disclosure: Throwaway as I am a former employee. No inside knowledge in this case.

> This guy deserves what was coming to him,

I agree.

And on the scale of users FB has, he is most assuredly not the only one like him on Facebook.

I wonder how many there are that the company has no idea about, that perhaps are in countries that are not so well connected that they will get a dedicated FB employee to look into, who frankly FB does not and will not give a shit about.

I am therefore having some trouble believing they did this entirely in good faith. How many others are there that they will do absolutely nothing about?

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Re:Facebook Helped Develop a Tails Exploit by bluesign on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @07:31AM (#23537896)
Ofc it is not only good faith but I guess it is also a factor. They did it because:

- It makes their platform more secure. - Good PR - Assisting LEO prevents future problems with new laws etc. - It is good faith

In general decisions like this, always have multiple dimensions. Always it is calculated decision.

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