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Comment by jonbarker | Hacker News Reader

I find it ironic that they plan to let users know they've been compromised via the newsfeed. What about users who have either deleted or never log in? How will they find out? Is their likely defense 'ignorance is no excuse' really a great defense if the only way to avoid ignorance in this case to log into their platform?

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I'm not sure what you mean. Is there any particular action to be taken? It's not like you need to change your password or credit card.

It is not in the newsfeed... it is the News Room. I didn't login and I was able to read this.

Sorry, was reading multiple articles on this topic at once. Yes this is a newsroom post, however they plan to let individual users know via their newsfeeds: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-04/facebook-... "Facebook says it will tell people, in a notice at the top of their news feeds starting April 9, if their information may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica."

No, you were right, they mentioned the News Feed in this post too.

> App Controls: Finally, starting on Monday, April 9, we’ll show people a link at the top of their News Feed so they can see what apps they use — and the information they have shared with those apps. People will also be able to remove apps that they no longer want. As part of this process we will also tell people if their information may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica.

Thanks Facebook, you will tell me the information you have already leaked to anyone that wanted it.

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