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

submitted 1 year ago by Mereo@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, shadow accounts seem easy since meta collects contact lists from people who use it, so they at least have names and phone numbers and possibly emails of people who haven't made a Facebook account.