[rvz]

> from 2014 to August 2015.

Everyone here is unsurprised by this and at this point I expect the social networks to just abuse my user data anyway. They won't change and they will never stop this.

Who is to say that this is already happening with the other social networks that are scooping up our data but in 5 years time will only admit their actions afterwards.

Maybe they are all doing this as we type.

To Downvoters: So you think that these social media companies are NOT abusing our data? There's tons of evidence of this everywhere, including this confession.

There can only be one explanation of why I'm getting downvoted heavily of an undeniable known fact and it is likely that it is by those working at these companies because they know that I am right and the point still stands regardless of any downvotes (and censoring of the truth).

[GrumpyNl]

Company i used to work for gave almost every employee full access to the db through phpmyadmin.

[meowster]

"Almost every employee" could just mean 1 of 2 which is not a big deal, or 99 of 100 which is a big deal.

[agumonkey]

Was it a social network thing too or a totally different market ?

[Cthulhu_]

I don't think it actually matters much; your database is your core business and access to it should be restricted. Same as your machines. To the point where, if you have everything set up right (which is a big if, granted), NOBODY should need physical access to ANY machine or database. All access through the application's management interface, where access can be finely tuned and access logs can be used to hold people accountable.

[agumonkey]

it was mostly a question of scale, that a business mishandle 500 customers data is one thing, but 100k feels different to me.