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Facebook Is Investigating a Claim That an Employee Used His Position To Stalk Women (vice.com)

Posted by msmash on from the god-mode dept.

Facebook is investigating a claim that an employee potentially used access granted by their job to stalk women online, the social media giant confirmed in a statement to Motherboard on Monday. From the report: "Although we can't comment on any individual personnel matters, we are aware of the situation and investigating," a Facebook spokesperson wrote in an email. The claim came from Jackie Stokes, founder of Spyglass Security, in a tweet posted Monday. "I've been made aware that a security engineer currently employed at Facebook is likely using privileged access to stalk women online. I have Tinder logs. What should I do with this information?" Stokes' tweet read. In a follow-up tweet, Stokes wrote multiple senior Facebook employees had reached out over the claim. Stokes told Motherboard in a Twitter direct message that she provided the relevant details to Alex Stamos, Facebook's chief security officer.

61 comments

  1. Zuck is F***ed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They caught him

    1. Re: Zuck is F***ed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      I thought thatâ(TM)s what Facebook was for.
      Confused now

    2. Re: Zuck is F***ed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      I'm sure snap chat was developed to induce girls to send revealing pictures of themselves that "disappeared" at the destination after a set period of time (but got squired away on Snap Chat's servers for later ogling by the admins)

    3. Re: Zuck is F***ed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They are missing "every". It should be "every one at FB found to be stalking".

  2. wrong by iggymanz · · Score: 2

    also contact the FBI if across state lines, your state police if inside the side

    1. Re:wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

      So in this PC world, getting the down-lo and deets on a few chicks is now considered a federal crime?

      Where will you SJWs stop?

    2. Re:wrong by iggymanz · · Score: 3, Informative

      some bedtime reading for you, anon

      http://victimsofcrime.org/our-...

    3. Re:wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Men constantly do this to us. I was stalked by a marketing director of Plenty of Fish, but I just dealt with it instead of whining to the media.

    4. Re:wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

      Where will you SJWs stop?

      When you fucking cavemen are all dead.

    5. Re:wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Obvious troll is obvious.

  3. As if there were only one... by Narcocide · · Score: 1

    The only thing that would surprise me here to find out is if this person was actually one of them and not just their scapegoat.

  4. It's not true! by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 5, Funny

    I did not use my position to stalk women! One turned out to be a really effeminate man. ;)

    --
    Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
    1. Re:It's not true! by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

      I did not use my position to stalk women! One turned out to be a really effeminate man. ;)

      That didn't stop you from you from grabbing my ass.

      --
      You are welcome on my lawn.
    2. Re:It's not true! by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 2

      I did not use my position to stalk women! One turned out to be a really effeminate man. ;)

      That didn't stop you from you from grabbing my ass.

      Stupid sexy Flanders!

      --
      Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
  5. Shocked by JaneTheIgnorantSlut · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm shocked - shocked to find that stalking is going on there.

    1. Re:Shocked by alvinrod · · Score: 3

      I'd be shocked if it wasn't more pervasive. I've hard several co-workers use the phrase "stalking him/her on Facebook" or something to that extent in a manner of jest that suggests there's a bit more truth to their statement than may be appropriate. I suspect that the great injustice here as that this employee had much better access to stalking functionalities than other users, which is clearly viewed as unfair.

      I suggest burying something in your social media persona that normal users don't have access to which can tip you off to anyone who posses information they shouldn't. Works equally well for government types and pathetic stalkers alike.

    2. Re:Shocked by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Or when a web site demands personal information you just give them incorrect details, aka: for some reason Steam seems to think I was born in 1900.

    3. Re:Shocked by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      For example, embed a dick pick in a private album called "the real me".

    4. Re:Shocked by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      For example, embed a dick pick in a private album called "the real me".

      Make sure it's one with obvious identifying marks so that there's no doubt it's yours.

      As I'd imagine it's quite difficult to fingerprint a penis...

    5. Re:Shocked by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's called a penis print.

  6. Anyone surprised? by AlanObject · · Score: 2

    If this hasn't happened multiple times at Facebook I would be surprised.

    The NSA had this kind of goings on back in the Bush years. Nothing new.

    1. Re:Anyone surprised? by Narcocide · · Score: 1

      How much would you bet that the person they caught doing this was also previously tasked with fulfilling those requests for the NSA?

  7. You know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I have considered Facebook themselves to be predators for over a decade at this point - their 'discovery' means nothing. They (and other corporations like them) are some of the most unethical companies to ever grace the earth with their presence. An inherently dishonest and manipulative company will naturally engender those qualities in their staff. Until Facebook takes responsibility for their own behavior, fuck 'em. Not good enough.

  8. As if this doesn't happen on every dating site by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Seriously, this is nothing new. I got contacted by a couple of employees of PoF that I formerly worked with.

  9. I don't believe this for a second... by Kenja · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's no WAY it's "an" employee.

    --

    "Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
    1. Re:I don't believe this for a second... by bobbied · · Score: 1

      There's no WAY it's "an" employee.

      LOL, I see what you did there...

      Why is anybody surprised? I thought the initial motivating idea behind this social media thing being developed was to stalk women. After all, it was developed by a couple of college guys in their dorm room. What do you THINK they where up to? It sure wasn't loud drinking parties, at least not all the time... Somebody was developing code now and then and what could motivate a couple of college guys to do that?

      --
      "File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
    2. Re:I don't believe this for a second... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      He was just following what's in the employee manual. If anything, he got bonuses for such accurate marketing data.

  10. .. And this is on Slashdot why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Seriously, now we're taking third party claims of abuse as fact??

    1. Re:.. And this is on Slashdot why? by bobbied · · Score: 1

      Hey, this is the court of public opinion.. Normal rules of evidence don't apply here..

      Hearsay of hearsay is admissible here! Forget protecting the accused's rights.

      --
      "File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
    2. Re:.. And this is on Slashdot why? by Megol · · Score: 1

      "Facebook is investigating a claim that an employee potentially used access granted by their job to stalk women online, the social media giant confirmed ..."

      "Facebook is investigating" "confirmed": Facebook confirms that it investigates - fact.
      " a claim that an employee potentially used access granted by their job to stalk women online": Claim - not fact.

      So no we aren't. But now it gets _more_ complicated!

      _We_ don't have to agree with things posted here.
      _We_ don't have to believe what the blurb says.
      _We_ don't have to believe the claim.
      _We_ don't have to believe Facebook.

      And as why this is on /. - well people here like stories about how Facebook abuses their position or in this case _potentially_ abuses their position.

      This got long but only as you obviously need this explained as simple as possible.

  11. I find it hard to believe. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You know there is more than one employee that abused their position.

  12. Just one LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So they caught one huh, weâ(TM)ll always one dummy that stares too long.

  13. "stalking" lol by PaulRivers10 · · Score: 1

    Let's be realistic - most likely the so called "stalking" is someone reading someone's profile info who they're to timid to even talk to in person.

    1. Re:"stalking" lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Exactly. Just to have some basic understanding of who this person is and what they are interested in. Instead, the guys who are "confident" and see them as a piece of ass to use and dump will have no problem just walking right up to them and bs'ing them into bed.

    2. Re:"stalking" lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, that's what civilian "Facebook stalking" consists of. When a Facebook employee stalks someone, they have access to all "private" communicaitons, profile details, images, login times and locations, and (if the victim is dumb enough to use the Facebook app) a constant real-time stream of their location with audio.

  14. "an" by cascadingstylesheet · · Score: 1

    Only one employee does this?

  15. Most of the users by ThurstonMoore · · Score: 1

    Most of the users on Facebook use it to stalk other people.

  16. Goldbricking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    When will there be a story about a victimized man who was cleverly goldbricked by a deceptive woman?

    You know the story: doctored photographs and flattering angles, lots of makeup, hiding previous failed relationships or marriages, actively hid and failed to mention serious health issues like depression and STD's, and failure to disclose prior crippling debts?

    She turned out to be too good to be true, the monster was unmasked after the wedding ceremony was over, never helped out with anything in the relationship, walked away with 95% of the pre-marriage assets in a fair 50-50 split.

    Man is victim-shamed. He should have seen this coming. It's his fault for being so attractive. etc...

    1. Re:Goldbricking by Megol · · Score: 1

      Not sure if troll or mentally disturbed creep...

  17. Re:What? None of MY unidentifiable ac stalkers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That because your hosts file engine stops them tracking you by facebook ads and such. They can't track you to harass you!

  18. IT'S ZUCK! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Zuck still trying to get Puntang!

    Ha ha

  19. Correct & thank you... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject & they DO track you EVERYWHERE, but not w/ the "WildThing" working for you vs. them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mi3KNEpbA4/

    * Enjoy a faster, safer, more anonymous internet courtesy of "yours truly" & the NATIVE power of the IP stack itself via hosts files!

    APK

    P.S.=> LOL - on a humorous note: I can see SUCKERBerg himself being the owner of the Indians from the film saying (like her) "I HATE THIS FUCKING SONG!", lmao... apk

  20. Human Nature by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This is why digital privacy is so important. Also... Another corporation investigates itself.

  21. Facebook founding feature by SJ · · Score: 1

    What the employees name Mark Zuckerberg?

    I thought that was the entire point of FB.

  22. Oooh by easyTree · · Score: 1

    Today's Anti-Facebook news draws on previously unexplored territory.
    Nice to see that this assassination is getting creative.

    --
    Requiem for the American Dream
  23. Re:What? None of MY unidentifiable ac stalkers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Maybe because they destroyed your retarded ass and all you were able to do was petty name calling. You lost big time but your life is so full of failure you didn't recognize it. Either that or they are just ignoring your rants that are on the same level as those from a homeless guy who yells at the pigeons and squirrels.

  24. Well, this is odd. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I was having weird thoughts this morning about how creepy/clingy technology has become over the last few years. The recent announcement that Amazon can deliver straight INTO your car with nothing more than a sign-off (meaning they have access already, you just have to say it's OK), and the constant ads on TV and the web promoting ever more invasive "security" and "convenience" systems that plant cameras and microphones and other sensors around your home to pick up every conversation, every movement, every time you change your clothes, every . . . everything.

    And nobody thinks there isn't somebody out there with the rights that's gonna use this shit for non-business-sanctioned activities? Not that the business sanctioned stuff isn't messed up enough, but apparently society is fine with big pappa dollah bills presiding over our lives as if they knew what's best for us at every moment. But the idea that the humans involved, that have access to all that data, all that constant camera streaming, won't have at least a percentage chance of being the type to sit there with lube in hand waiting for your teenage daughter to undress with her phone sitting up on nightstand in just the right position, or the camera you set up in the bedroom to watch your dogs sleep while you're at work catching you and the missus having your every-other Wednesday night fellatio and cunnilingus payouts? Nobody thinks it's gonna happen? Really?

    All those thoughts in my head this morning, and then this story pops up.

    Welcome to the world we created, ladies and gents. Morals and ethics were a messy business anyway. All this technology is just a better way to help us dig deeper into the muck of the human spirit. Go us!

  25. How would his position help? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    How would using his position help stalk anyone but himself? It would be a lot easier to stalk her if he used her position.

  26. Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Can also they trace the women that are abusing their position on Stack Overflow to stalk men with feminist politics?

  27. Strike #2: 1 of MY unidentifiable ac stalkers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: I was called names like Polack & worse (you're doing it again now too hypocrite)projecting you failed & got destroyed.

    (Yet you don't mention that (anyone can see it BOTH here & there too)).

    I also didn't do the CRY of the SOYBoy "HELP ME MOMMY" for "downmodpoints" to hide my posts annihilating YOU & "Your kind" but you did (lmao @ "your kind" for THAT, so is everyone else) & you had to hide my post here too (lol - thanks for the proof).

    * I merely defended myself SO WELL vs. your bs twisting others LITERALLY SAYING they like & use my software... you couldn't "twist" that, lol!

    (You know a thing that what will NEVER happen to YOU - people liking ANYTHING you or "your kind" does, lol!)

    APK

    P.S.=> No, you sank to your usual depth - the LOWEST of the LOW as estrogen mimicker loaded SOYBoy "ne'er-do-well" DO-NOTHING Zeros w/ zero to show for yourselves of any worth others like (Especially when asked if YOU did better (you can't & didn't + won't, ever - you're too busy being "trolls" wasting your lives), lol... apk

  28. Since you had to try 'downmod hide' this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: i.e. folks cheering liking & using my work "Wild Thing" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mi3KNEpbA4/ something "your kind" can't manage!

    Why? Cuz I make EVERYTHING GROOVY (no more tracking/infecting/slowing users, natively, better vs. ANY single 1 of my "so-called 'competition'" doing more for less by FAR...)

    * I can see YOU saying what the team owner did "I HATE THIS FUCKING SONG" - no, "your kind" HATES THEMSELVES is more like it - being SOYBoy "ne'er-do-well" do-nothing zeros WASTING your wasted lives 'trolling' & stalking ME by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts!

    APK

    P.S.=> You HATE THIS most of all though (something you'll NEVER ever manage but I do) https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=12042539&cid=56520379/ - lol, & you KNOW it ... apk

  29. What's the difference by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Social media and stalking media. What's the difference?

  30. This stalks fakebook's ads & knocks 'em out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: Right outta the ballpark ÃPK Hosts File Engine 10++ SR-1 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=ZYrPWpW_H-ykggel7JLwBg&btnG=Search&q=APK+site%3Astart64.com/

    Ads/script/malware rob speed/security/privacy/bandwidth.

    Hosts add speed (via hardcodes/adblocks), security (vs. bad sites/malware/poisoned dns), reliability (vs. dns down), & anonymity (vs. dns requestlogs/trackers).

    Less power/cpu/ram + IO use vs. DNS/routers/addons/antivir + less security bugs/complexity & faster vs. av/addons/routers/remote dns!

    Avoids DNSChangers in routers/IP settings & dns redirect (99++% of ISP DNS != patched vs. it) + DNS tracking & lighten DNS load & resolve faster via local RAM!

    * Viâ what u NATIVELY have in a FASTER kernelmode IP stack (does more w/ less).

    APK

    P.S. - IF it had a themesong? It'd be "WildThing" from the film MAJOR LEAGUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mi3KNEpbA4/ ... apk

  31. WTF? None of MY unidentifiable ac stalkers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    None of MY unidentifiable ac stalkers from my last fakebook post stalk me now?? I.E. - https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=12042539&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=56520245/ or today's https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=12050669&cid=56535043/

    * Yer "slippin'" boys...

    APK

    P.S.=> STRIKE #3 for you "Heywoods" per my ThemeSong "WildThing" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mi3KNEpbA4/ - sometimes, I guess I expect TOO MUCH from you "domesticated SOYBoy drones" (lol) - must've "tuckered you out" last time (see 1st link above, lmao) - too much of that HIGH SOY & bisphenol A "diet" of yours, lol... apk

    1. Re:WTF? None of MY unidentifiable ac stalkers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hey APK I think I see some pigeons over there. Why don't you go yell at them stop recording you and I think that squirrel on that tree is planing on stealing your sandwich.

  32. Cheer of a crowd: I get it, you don't... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Your software is just fine - well written, functional... I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine by mmell February 17, 2017

    (APK's work), I've flat out said it's good by BronsCon February 11 2016

    his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant August 10 2015

    his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg September 25 2015

    I like your host file system by Karmashock September 09 2015

    I do use APK's host file on all my systems at home by OrangeTide December 01 2017

    I personally use a HOSTS file blocker produced from a genius called APK by 110010001000 October 27 2017

    * See subject & quoted /.ers: Want more?

    APK

    P.S.=> You WISH you were ME (but you never CAN be since you're a "ne'er-do-well" UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous do-nothing ZERO troll, lol)... apk

  33. How do you "stalk online" anyhow? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Subj.

  34. Whatever it takes to do good PR by ptaff · · Score: 1

    Come on now, we all know stalking happens from the inside all the time, and FB shares their data with three-letter agencies that do the same.

    Facebook is just trying to do virtue signalling, by suggesting said stalking behavior is exceptional and will not be tolerated; they have had really bad press lately and they desperately need to counter-balance it.