[HN Gopher] FlightAware Leaks Customer Data (Name, Email Address...
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       FlightAware Leaks Customer Data (Name, Email Addresses and
       Passwords)
        
       Author : croemer
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2024-08-17 19:54 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (loyaltylobby.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (loyaltylobby.com)
        
       | croemer wrote:
       | I can confirm the veracity of the email. I got it myself. Note
       | that they say they leaked passwords. They didn't mention whether
       | they were hashed or not, and if so whether with salt or not. I
       | couldn't find a blog post either. The notification email took
       | more than 3 weeks, not impressed.
        
         | flutas wrote:
         | Interesting, as I have an active account (ADS-B data feed) with
         | them and never got this email.
        
           | croemer wrote:
           | You will probably still get it then. I only got it 3 hours
           | ago. And the first tweets are almost 2 days old.
           | 
           | They seem to use some email delivery service that can't
           | handle sending an email to all users within an hour.
        
       | croemer wrote:
       | A few more links: https://www.404media.co/flightaware-exposed-
       | pilots-and-users...
       | 
       | Automatic reply when replying to email:
       | https://x.com/fergindc/status/1824648418544816222?t=vqjrPsqb...
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       | https://x.com/josephfcox/status/1824192314991882545?t=IIZE0V...
        
       | gosub100 wrote:
       | Possible pirate deviation.
        
         | croemer wrote:
         | What does pirate deviation mean? ChatGPT doesn't get it either.
        
           | leetrout wrote:
           | In air traffic control they say "possible pilot deviation" so
           | they were making a play on words.
        
       | Terretta wrote:
       | "Yet another" reason to never subscribe to any app that tries to
       | get you to subscribe outside iOS app subscriptions.
       | 
       | Or even better, to only support retail priced apps.*
       | 
       | * Plus, subscription apps can't be used by corporate employees
       | with managed devices, so retail apps get chosen for their needs.
        
       | croemer wrote:
       | 8 months ago, Flight aware wrote a blog post about moving their
       | entire tech stack from TCL. The post is called "Managing a
       | Technical Transformation (Part 1)". I couldn't find Part 2.
       | 
       | https://flightaware.engineering/managing-a-technical-transfo...
        
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