Verizon sprints to crush FiOS account exposure hole Up to five million user accounts, including email inboxes and private messages of Verizon's FiOS application, were exposed thanks to a flaw reported today. XDA senior software developer Randy Westergren said the FiOS API flaw since fixed allowed any account to be accessed by manipulating user identification numbers in web …
If "net neutrality" is a concern for billion dollar communication companies, then where is all their money going if they apparently just copy and paste server code? If someone took the time, someone might discover that Verizon's development team all have user accounts over at stackexchange.
In all seriousness, it might just be a matter of time until your posted answer to a question winds up in a headline story, and not in a good way (especially considering what answers get "upvoted" these days).
Good thing they stopped the FIOS roll-out years ago or a lot more people would've been affected.
But, wait, does that mean there are *only* 5 million people connected to FIOS (out of ~115 million households)? If that's what Verizon means by claiming they "compete" against cable, I don't think cable has much to worry over.
@ Doug S
Possible misunderstanding on my part, then, as the article seemed to indicate the FIOS application as the culprit. I was going on the assumption that all subscribers had the app installed but, thinking back to when I first got DSL, they tried to get me to install some desktop app that, as it wasn't required for the connection to work, I quickly uninstalled. I guess it's the same with FIOS.
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