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  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    251·
    11 months ago

    Surely allowing access to this personal data via a public API is a data breach? Its just taking it from something that shouldnt have exposed it rather than hacking into a system

    • towerful@programming.devEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      Yeh.
      Same as if it was a CSV mailing list on an unprotected URL or whatever.
      The term “data breach” suggests there was security there to be breeched. Maybe it needs a better term?

      • unscholarly_source@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        Data leak? In the security field, they categorize it as “information disclosure”… But it doesn’t have the same level of gravitas to it

        • db2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          We have investigated this unintended information disclosure and have concluded it’s the fault of the users for having information.

          • unscholarly_source@lemmy.caEnglish
            3·
            11 months ago

            Carries the same weight as “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly”. It’s the fault of those little green men in kerbal space program.