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AT&T Network Goof Causes Erroneous Facebook Logins

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Facebook should be using HTTPS, not HTTP + cookies .. bad

en102

Jan 19, 2010, 11:07 AM
AT&T's screw up shows weak security used in Facebooks applet. Using basic cookies as a tracking means, and no SSL is a recipe for security breach.
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ccareatatt

Jan 19, 2010, 11:10 AM
Whats funny tho is that a few months ago this problem wasnt carrier specific. People on other providers were also experiencing this issue. I dont think its fair to lay blame solely on AT&T. AT&T just provides the network to access facebook.
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Versed

Jan 19, 2010, 3:05 PM
ccareatatt said:
Whats funny tho is that a few months ago this problem wasnt carrier specific. People on other providers were also experiencing this issue. I dont think its fair to lay blame solely on AT&T. AT&T just provides the network to access facebook.


Very true, nothing is perfect, I don't see these same tools arguing over data outages on TMO, Blackberry problems on Sprint and data drops on VZW, the point is, this happens, none of these companies are perfect.
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