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Re:Meta has banned the personal Facebook accounts for everyo... by josephcsible on Thursday September 29, 2022 @12:42AM (#33016451)
Does Microsoft get blamed every time credentials get stolen from a Windows box? Why would this be any different?
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Re:Meta has banned the personal Facebook accounts for everyo... by stevewatson301 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @12:59AM (#33016578)
Because FB was blamed for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which, at its core, was simply an issue of providing Oauth2 logins to third parties.
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Re:Meta has banned the personal Facebook accounts for everyo... by cortesoft on Thursday September 29, 2022 @12:58AM (#33016572)
If Microsoft provided a public API where you could download all the credentials for both the user and all their friends, then yes, Microsoft would be blamed.
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