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23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data was breached | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Hope this isn't a repeated submission. Funny how they're trying to deflect blame after they tried to change the EULA post breach.

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[–] capital 22 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Yeah they offered that. I don’t think anyone with it turned on was compromised.

[–] rainerloeten 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

This shouldn't be "offered" IMHO, this should be mandatory. Yes, people are very ignorant about cyber security (I've studied in this field, trust me, I know). But the answer isn't to put the responsibility on the user! It is to design products and services which are secure by design.

If someone is actually able to crack accounts via brute-forcing common passwords, you did not design a secure service/product.

[Edit: spelling]

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I've noticed that many users in this thread are just angry that the average person doesn't take cybersecurity seriously. Blaming the user for using a weak password. I really don't understand how out of touch these Lemmy users are. The average person is not thinking of cybersecurity. They just want to be able to log into their account and want a password to remember. Most people out there are not techies, don't really use a computer outside of office work, and even more people only use a smartphone. Its on the company to protect user data because the company knows its value and will suffer from a breach.

[–] rainerloeten 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's exactly right. I was about to say how people usually don't even "not take it seriously" but rather don't even think or know about it. But you already said that yourself haha :D

[–] CoggyMcFee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Or, worse, they don’t even understand it. I definitely have people in my life who know about the idea of cybersecurity and are terrified of getting hacked, but constantly do things the wrong way or worry about the wrong things. Because it’s just too confusing for them, and it’s always changing.