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Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text (www.engadget.com)

submitted 1 month ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] penquin@lemm.ee 114 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Quick math: this is only 0.076% of their 2023's revenue. No wonder big corporations don't give a fuck about fines and will continue doing fucked up/illegal shit. This is not a fine, this is a green light, my friends.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

They literally just consider fines as a cost of doing business.