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May 14, 2010

Facebook Security Flaw Publicizes Private Chats

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 12:25 am

by Nick Bilton, New York Times

A security flaw was discovered on the Facebook Web site early Wednesday morning that enabled users to see private chats taking place between friends. Another security issue allowed users to see their online friends’ pending social requests. The major security oversight, which was reported by TechCrunch, is made visible through a “Preview My Profile…” function on a user’s privacy page, which has been available sin’ce September 2008.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/facebook-security-flaw-publicizes-private-chats/

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