Facebook's e-mail debacle: One 'bug' fix, but rollback impossible

Re:Facebook's e-mail debacle: One 'bug' fix, but rollback im... by gitarr on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @09:17AM (#4193911)

If lawyers are reading this, a question:

Our governments are treating our emails more and more like real mail (aka. letters).

Is there not a law prohibiting third party people or companies to mess with(fake) my mail addresses?

Fact is, I do not want a facebook email address. And I have given no consent for my email address to be changed.

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Re:Facebook's e-mail debacle: One 'bug' fix, but rollback im... by rhizome on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @01:43PM (#4195214)

It's more like someone sending a change-of-address card to the post office to have your mail delivered to their Mailboxes Etc. store.

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Re:Facebook's e-mail debacle: One 'bug' fix, but rollback im... by tfb on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @03:04PM (#4195638)

That's actually a really good analogy. And the GP is right. There should definitely be some laws to prohibit these kinds of things that Facebook is attempting (doing), now that electronic mail/communication is becoming standard.

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Re:Facebook's e-mail debacle: One 'bug' fix, but rollback im... by rhizome on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @05:48PM (#4196381)

As a matter of fact, the (US) Postal Inspector considers this to be Identity Theft.

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Re:Facebook's e-mail debacle: One 'bug' fix, but rollback im... by tfb on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @08:58AM (#4199208)

Interesting. I wonder why no legal action has been taken against Facebook for this recent fiasco... or has there?

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