mo4ch:>Thousands become millions: Facebook uses Mueller report as smokescreen for Instagram scandal | Mo4ch News

Facebook has been caught stealthily updating a weeks-old blog post regarding password security on Facebook and Instagram, on the same day the Mueller report was released.The company admitted on March 21 that it had failed to securely store users’ passwords, logging them and storing them unencrypted in plain text. The problem was initially detected as far back as January.An hour before the Mueller report was released on Thursday, Facebook spin doctors amended the number of Instagram users affected from “tens of thousands” to “millions.” Quick maths.The tech company woefully underestimated the extent of the issue and decided that Mueller report day would be the perfect opportunity to disclose the full extent of the data privacy fiasco, by merely updating a weeks-old blog post, while the attention of many journalists and concerned users was directed at the newly-published Mueller report. Also on rt.comFacebook spied on Android users’ calls & texts while pretending to care about priva…