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Facebook’s Specialized Cyber Security Team Blows The Whistle, Says They’re Victims Of Automation
Daily Caller ^ | 4/28/2020 | chris white

Posted on 04/28/2020 8:48:14 PM PDT by bitt

Current and former Facebook employees who are responsible for heading off cyber attacks say the Silicon Valley giant is replacing them with machines, according to a new report.

Facebook is shaking up its security team, with the company dissolving large chunks of the team over the past two years, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing the former employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about company issues. The company is reportedly automating its alert response and security teams.

“To stay ahead of evolving security threats, we’re investing more in automated detection and bringing in new skills as we continue to grow our security team over all,” a company spokeswoman said in a statement to the Times. “This also means we are restructuring a portion of our team and helping the people affected by this change find other roles at Facebook.”

Facebook is hiring software engineers to build systems to replace people who previously carried out security duties, the employees told the Times. Training artificial intelligence means less reliance on people and a greater ability to scale up on detection over time, according to experts.

The company pushed back against elements of the story later on Twitter.

“The changes in this report have absolutely nothing to do with the teams fighting foreign meddling. Our security team has continued to grow substantially over the last two years – as automated detection increases, we shift experts to where they can have the most impact,” Guy Rosen, vice president of safety and integrity, wrote in a tweet Tuesday.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bloggers; boohoo; cybersecurity; facebook; internet; technotyranny
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1 posted on 04/28/2020 8:48:14 PM PDT by bitt
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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2 posted on 04/28/2020 8:48:32 PM PDT by bitt (Much of our culture is intended to traumatize us, as traumatized people are easily controlled)
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To: bitt

In other news, Fascistbook has greatly increased the number of censors it employs as it does its utmost to crush any conservative speech.


3 posted on 04/28/2020 8:50:58 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: bitt

This just proves that FB is a Rooskie/Commie bot/plot to bring down the US Constitution.


4 posted on 04/28/2020 8:53:30 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: bitt
Jihad by muzzies exempt

Orange Man bad.

5 posted on 04/28/2020 8:55:20 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: bitt
Current and former Facebook employees, who are responsible for
heading off cyber attacks, say the Silicon Valley giant is replacing
them with machines, according to a new report.


6 posted on 04/28/2020 8:58:40 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. ~ Psalm 33:12)
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To: bitt

How much of this is Faecesbook making a futile gesture to head off the NSA?


7 posted on 04/28/2020 9:03:04 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: bitt

Is there a conservative alternative to Facebook?

Twitter?

Google?


8 posted on 04/28/2020 9:05:32 PM PDT by Taxman ((We will never be a truly FRee people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS!))
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To: Taxman

AFAIK you’re on it.


9 posted on 04/28/2020 9:06:54 PM PDT by Monty22002
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To: Paladin2

This just proves that FB is a Rooskie/Commie bot/plot to bring down the US Constitution.

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I think it’s a soros/dnc/chinee/commie plot.

:)


10 posted on 04/28/2020 9:20:30 PM PDT by bitt (Much of our culture is intended to traumatize us, as traumatized people are easily controlled)
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To: grey_whiskers

Ordering Pizza In 2020

CALLER:
Is this Gordon’s Pizza?

GOOGLE:
No sir, it’s Google Pizza.

CALLER:
I must have dialed a wrong number. Sorry.

GOOGLE:
No sir, Google bought Gordon’s Pizza last month.

CALLER:
OK. I would like to order a pizza.

GOOGLE:
Do you want your usual, sir?

CALLER:
My usual? You know me?

GOOGLE:
According to our caller ID data sheet, the last 12 times you called you ordered an extra-large pizza with three cheeses, sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms and meatballs on a thick crust.

CALLER:
OK! That’s what I want ...

GOOGLE:
May I suggest that this time you order a pizza with ricotta, arugula, sun-dried tomatoes and olives on a whole wheat gluten-free thin crust?

CALLER:
What? I detest vegetable!

GOOGLE:
Your cholesterol is not good, sir.

CALLER:
How the hell do you know!

GOOGLE:
Well, we cross-referenced your home phone number with your medical records. We have the result of your blood tests for the last 7 years.

CALLER:
Okay, but I do not want your rotten vegetable pizza! I already take medication for my cholesterol.

GOOGLE:
Excuse me sir, but you have not taken your medication regularly. According to our database, you purchased only a box of 30 cholesterol tablets once, at Drug RX Network, 4 months ago.

CALLER:
I bought more from another drugstore.

GOOGLE:
That doesn’t show on your credit card statement.

CALLER:
I paid in cash.

GOOGLE:
But you did not withdraw enough cash according to your bank statement.

CALLER:
I have other sources of cash.

GOOGLE:
That doesn’t show on your last tax return unless you bought them using an undeclared income source, which is against the law.

CALLER:
WHAT THE HELL!

GOOGLE:
I’m sorry, sir, we use such information only with the sole intention of helping you.

CALLER:
Enough already! I’m sick to death of Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and all the others. I’m going to an island without Internet, cable TV, where there is no cell phone service and no one to watch me or spy on me.

GOOGLE:
I understand sir, but you need to renew your passport first. It expired 6 weeks ago...


11 posted on 04/28/2020 9:26:29 PM PDT by bitt (Much of our culture is intended to traumatize us, as traumatized people are easily controlled)
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To: bitt

Guess they didn’t see that Cyber Attack coming.


12 posted on 04/28/2020 9:39:31 PM PDT by Tuketu (The i(D)iot Platform is splinters bound by crazy glue. TRUMP is the solvent.)
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To: bitt

Good.

Let all them stubble faced millennials learn what it’s like to be an American carpenter or painter.


13 posted on 04/28/2020 9:41:18 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: bitt

Wish a few of them would have the guts to write a book to expose the deep dark underbelly. But they’re probably Borg Cube Mellenials. Sigh.


14 posted on 04/28/2020 9:44:37 PM PDT by bluejean (I'm becoming a cranky old person. It really annoys me.)
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To: bitt; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; Travis McGee; ...
The government wants to disarm us after 243 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!

At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son

The biggest killer of mankind

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...


15 posted on 04/28/2020 9:55:41 PM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: oldbill
Good.

Let all them stubble faced millennials learn what it’s like to be an American carpenter or painter.

Maybe they could learn to code?

16 posted on 04/28/2020 9:58:22 PM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: null and void
FB kicked me off just a few days after the lockdown began for "violating community standards". But they didn't specify which post violated those standards.

I'm guessing it had something to do with my speculation that the lockdown was a ruse to foment civil unrest so-as to provide the pretext for confiscating our guns.

Does that sound like a plausible reason for kicking me off?

18 posted on 04/28/2020 10:03:21 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberaln would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: bitt

From Event 201. They discoursed information control

“Trusted, influential private-sector employers should create the capacity to readily and reliably augment public messaging, manage rumors and misinformation, and amplify credible information to support emergency public communications. National public health agencies should work in close collaboration with WHO to create the capability to rapidly develop and release consistent health messages. For their part, media companies should commit to ensuring that authoritative messages are prioritized and that false messages are suppressed including though the use of technology.”


19 posted on 04/28/2020 10:03:27 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: Texas Eagle

Definitely- sounds like a FB jail protocol


20 posted on 04/28/2020 10:04:36 PM PDT by HollyB
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