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# [Jump on the Security Token Express Train! 🚊](https://blog.empathyops.io/jump-on-the-security-token-express-train?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

In late 2018, Facebook’s engineering team found a security flaw that affected around 50 million accounts. It began with a feature called "View As," which let users see how their profile looked to others. However, this feature had a serious vulnerabil...

Jun 7, 2024 · 11 min read · blog.empathyops.io  
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-   [#token](https://hashnode.com/tag/token)

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[Marino Wijay](https://hashnode.com/@virtualized6ix)

@virtualized6ix · Toronto, Canada

  
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I live and breath Kubernetes, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Networking, Cloud and Edge

Marino is a Canadian, Traveller, International Speaker, Open Source Advocate for Service Mesh, Kubernetes, and Networking. He is an Ambassador @ EddieHub, and Lead Organizer for KubeHuddle Toronto. He is passionate about technology and modern distributed systems. He will always fall back to the patterns of Networking and the ways of the OSI. Community building is his driving force; A modern Jedi Academy.

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