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In 2015, 16,000 Facebook employees had access to users' personal data. Engineers could read messages and track locations. Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos proposed limiting access to 5,000 people, but company management rejected this proposal in favor of accelerating development processes. As a result, 52 employees were fired for using data for personal purposes.
In the book "The Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Supremacy," The New York Times journalists Shira Frinkel and Cecilia Kang revealed that by the end of 2015, 16,000 Facebook employees had access to users' personal data. For instance, engineers could read messages, view deleted and hidden photos, and track locations.
Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos proposed limiting access to only 5,000 employees, but the company refused in order not to slow down development processes. As a result, 52 employees were fired for accessing user data for personal purposes.
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