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Threads collects so much sensitive information it’s a ‘hacker’s dream,’ experts say (archive.today)

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The specificity and quantity of information the text and multimedia platform can access poses a risk to most users, if it falls into the wrong hands or is used to target them, tech experts agree.

“This is a hacker’s dream,” said Claudette McGowan, a longtime banking executive who founded Protexxa, a Toronto-based platform that uses artificial intelligence to rapidly identify and resolve cyber issues for employees.

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[–] Captain_Patchy -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never given ANY platform accurate or correct information about me, and the information I DO give is salted to make it easy for me to trace where the leak/hack/whatever came from.

Why this is not taught in grade school is beyond me.

[–] djmarcone 1 points 1 year ago

There's a lot of things not taught in public schools that ought to be. Also a lot of things that are taught that shouldn't be.

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