Comment on 23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data was breached | TechCrunch

• pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yes, because you have to choose to share that data with other people. 23andMe isn’t responsible if grandma uses the same password for every site.

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  • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    23andMe is responsible for sandboxing that data, however. Which they obviously didn’t do.

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    • stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      User opted-in to share those data

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      • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You opt in to share your data with Facebook. Would you still consider it an issue if your data was breached because someone else’s account was hacked?

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    • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Did you not read my comment? Users opt in to sharing data with other accounts, which means if one account is compromised, then every account that allowed them access would have their data compromised too. That’s not on the company, because they feature can’t work without allowing access.

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• dpkonofa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They weren’t breached. The data they willingly shared with the compromised accounts was available to the people that compromised them.

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pretty sure nobody clicked a button that said “share my data with compromised accounts.”

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    • dpkonofa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There was a button that said “share my data with this account”. If that person went and shared that info publicly, how is that any different? The accounts accessed with accessed with valid credentials through the normal login process. They weren’t “breached” or “hacked”.

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