While the investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018 continues, the surprising statements of two Meta engineers were shared today. Engineers explained that they do not know where user data is stored.
New news came today from the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018, in which it was revealed that the data of Facebook users was used in a way that would affect the result in the US elections. New files released from the case involving Mark Zuckerberg in the past months, To the explanations shared by meta engineers gave place.
The two Meta engineers, who were called to court over the scandal, were actually questioned last March. But the transcript of this query has just been released. Meta engineers in the shared transcript, that they do not know where user data is stored explained.
“There is not a single person who knows this”
Meta engineers, who have been working for Meta for a long time, were questioned by a technical expert about what data Facebook stores and where it stores it. One of these engineers was Eugene Zarashaw, who worked at Meta for 9 years, while the second engineer was Steven Elia, who worked for 11 years.
Zarashaw said in the interrogation “Where is a user’s data stored?‘ to the question ‘I don’t believe there is a single person who can answer this question. Serious teamwork is required to even answer this question.” He replied. On the other hand, Elia stepped in when the expert insisted that the data was stored in advertising systems. Elia gave the same answer as Zarashaw:
“And I agree with the notion that there isn’t even one person who knows or is knowledgeable about every single one of them.”
While meta engineers say they don’t know where they store the data, these answers It is not yet known whether it is correctly evaluated. As Meta continues to have a headache with Cambridge, it looks like we’ll be hearing a lot of new news over the coming months.
Source :
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-doesnt-know-where-all-your-data-is-engineers-say-2022-9