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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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[-] Goronmon@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

The vast majority of the people online don't give a shit about technology, they just care about what technology can do for them. So, if we are talking about a platform like Twitter/Threads, people want a platform that allows to them follow/interact with the people they want to follow or interact with. They don't care if it's open/closed-source, if it's harvest your data, etc. They just want to use it the platform, that's it.

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