How is this "embarrassing" instead of subject to legal liability?
We really need similar rules to other engineering disciplines. If your building falls with people inside, you killed them.
How is this "embarrassing" instead of subject to legal liability?
We really need similar rules to other engineering disciplines. If your building falls with people inside, you killed them.
Nobody dies if instagram collapses. Might even cause more people to live.
Don't underestimate a motivated stalker or abuser.
You said it, instagram is not life-critical
Someone being able to take over your account, read your DMs, and impersonate you is pretty serious. Should be treated as a data breach with serious penalties.
Sure, but it's not life-critical, lives don't depend on it.
Other engineering disciplines have different rules, because for example a bridge or building with a fault might cause the loss of life of hunderds of people.
Another commenter noted that stalkers and ex partners could absolutely weaponise account takeover in a life threatening way.
Tech companies don’t want to take responsibility for the incredibly sensitive data they have collected and are trusted with guarding.