Meta told all employees in America: We are installing tracking software in your machines; 2 months later, it confirms ‘private data leak; says that we have…
Nearly two months after Meta told its US workforce that tracking software would start logging their every click and keystroke, the company has hit pause. The reason isn’t a change of heart over privacy. It’s a leak. According to WIRED, Meta left sensitive data gathered from employee laptops sitting open to anyone inside the company, exposing keystrokes, mouse clicks, and screenshots of what was on workers’ screens. Meta is now investigating, and the timing couldn’t be more awkward for a program staff had warned about from day one.
The data came from the Model Capability Initiative, or MCI, a tool Meta rolled out in April to US employees and contractors.
