Posted by: NihilistsLivesMatter
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[–] David_Bains_Jumper 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Hahaha, who would've thought connecting everything to the internet was a stupid idea?!
The internet of things is stupid. Smart devices are stupid. The future is stupid.
[–] derram 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
https://archive.is/bYoqL | https://vgy.me/GSjjlw.png :
'The exposed data included more than 800,000 emails and passwords, which are secured with the strong, and thus supposedly harder to crack, hashing function bcrypt. '
'Gevers said he found the database online in late December and tried to alert the company of the risks of leaving such data exposed online. '
'During the time the data was exposed, at least two security researchers, and likely malicious hackers, got their hands on it. '
'The voice messages themselves were not in the database, according to the researchers. '
'A company that sells internet-connected teddy bears that allow kids and their far-away parents to exchange heartfelt messages left more than 800,000 customer credentials, as well as two million message recordings, totally exposed online for anyone to see and listen. '
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[–] frankenmine 3 points -1 points 2 points (+2|-3) ago
Motherboard is corrupt and should be archived in the OP. It doesn't deserve our support. Please keep this in mind for future posts.
Also, please see:
https://voat.co/v/news/comments/1315115
[–] Turnip_Time 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
If you're gonna run around calling sources corrupt, the least you could do is provide some kind of proof.
[–] frankenmine 2 points 1 point 3 points (+3|-2) ago
Motherboard has lied systemically about the GamerGate scandal and the Sad Puppies activism campaign, for two specific examples.