Facebook Caught Exposing Millions of Credentials

[Daniel]

"Facebook has leaked photographs, profiles and other personal information for millions of its users because of a years-old bug that overrides individual privacy settings, researchers from Symantec said. The flaw, which the researchers estimate has affected hundreds of thousands of applications, exposed user access tokens to advertisers and others. The tokens serve as a spare set of keys that Facebook apps use to perform certain actions on behalf of the user, such as posting messages to a Facebook wall or sending RSVP replies to invitations. For years, many apps that rely on an older form of user authentication turned over these keys to third parties, giving them the ability to access information users specifically designated as off limits."

Daniel Reviewed by Daniel on 11th May 2011. Facebook Caught Exposing Millions of Credentials "Facebook has leaked photographs, profiles and other personal information for millions of its users because of a years-old bug that overrides individual privacy settings, researchers from Symantec said. The flaw, which the researchers estimate has affected hundreds of thousands of applications, exposed user access tokens to advertisers and others. The tokens serve as a spare set of keys that Facebook apps use to perform certain actions on behalf of the user, such as posting messages to a Rating: 5

[Djlatino]

YES! *goes to /s/*

[Solutho]

Damn, now Facebook is exposing pictures and profiles of its users.
Socking.
(Iron-e FTW)

[Daniel]

to make a self-righteous post about how you don't use Facebook, and anyone who does is stupid.

[Solutho]

Right. Wrong. Wrong.
I do not use Facebook, but I dont think its users are stupid.

My comment was about the whole melodrama only because some pictures and profile info leaked from a social network. If anyone cares about the data, it'd leak anyway. With no bugs, no hacking, nothing, but only following the whole purpose of a social network: telling more about yourself to your (e)friends.

[SuicidalMedia]

Average Joe/Jane won't read it, and even if they do they'll think it's bullshit, or they will say that they don't have anything to hide on the Interwebz.