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Passwords Stored in Plain Text During OkCupid Breach, Investigation Reveals

26
Jun
2014

The investigation of last years OkCupid security incident is over and the findings showed that there were no encryption mechanisms in place to protect the sensitive information of the 254,000 users whose info was stolen. The Australian Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, concluded that Cupid Media, the company administrating the OkCupid dating site, did not comply […]

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OKCupid Blocks Firefox in Gay Rights Stand

01
Apr
2014

New Mozilla CEO Brandon Eich’s support of California’s Proposition 8 against gay marriage has come back to haunt him. Dating site OKCupid is trying to steer Firefox users to other browsers, calling Eich “an opponent of equal rights for gay couples” for donating $1,000 to the campaign in 2008,…

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OkCupid urges boycott of Mozilla, cites CEO’s gay marriage views

01
Apr
2014

By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – OkCupid.com, the popular online dating site, called for a boycott of Mozilla Firefox to protest the worlds No. 2 Web browser naming a gay marriage opponent as chief executive. OkCupid visitors who accessed the website through Firefox on Monday were told in a message to use other browsers […]

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