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Facebook has had its share of privacy and security issues, but a pair of professed Facebook fans at FBHive have recently found an easily exploitable hole that can reveal private information, even if the privacy settings are set to hide it. Thankfully, the folks at FBHive have not made public the details of the hole, which can allegedly reveal your hometown, relationship status, political views, birthday, and relationships. They did, though, bring it to Facebook's attention on June 7th. Facebook took its time, but rectified the issue today.
Robin Wauters of TechCrunch got the FBHive duo to confirm the exploit by revealing to him personal information which he had elected to keep private on Facebook. FBHive also revealed personal information about tech big-wigs like Kevin Rose (founder of Digg), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook CEO), and Cory Doctorow (editor at BoingBoing).
The pair was quick to say, "We are not malicious hackers by any means, and our skills are far from advanced." They also confirmed that, as of June 22nd, the hack was still working. That is, until TechCrunch reported that Facebook had finally responded, saying:
While that is comforting, we're slightly perturbed by how long it took Zuckerberg & Co. to respond to a pretty serious problem with the site. We've said it a million times, and we're sure we'll say it a million more; anything you post online can be read. Be careful. [From: FBHive and TechCrunch]We have identified this bug and closed the loophole. We don't have any evidence to suggest that it was ever exploited for malicious purposes.
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Subscribe to commentsShadowFoxJun 23rd 2009 4:23AM
You know, this isn't a problem if stupid people would realize that you shouldn't put anything on the internet that you don't want perfect strangers to ever know.
HeimbachaeJun 23rd 2009 6:51AM
you forgot to mention that you shouldn't poke every hot chick that randomly pokes you.
AlishaundraJun 23rd 2009 12:10PM
My grandmother (fathers side) whom is 73 years old just joined Facebook last week, my grandparents (on my mothers side) are going to join this summer when one of us grand kids go over there and show them how to use it. Both of my parents have accounts, most of my aunts and uncles, and nearly all of my cousins and siblings have accounts as well. It has been a wonderful way for us all to keep in contact. Most of us do not put our address or phone numbers on there, the people that matter to us already have that information and there is no need for us to post it on the internet, we also do not use any of the added applications. We just upload some photos from our digital cameras and share in our lives that way and through messages and comments.
One of my cousins had a new baby and posted pictures, cousins that graduated put pictures up of there graduations, my grandmother posts pictures of her travels, etc. it is a very nice way to keep in touch; however, I would never recommend putting up any information that you are worried other people might abuse, and certainly not your addresses and telephone numbers.
Bravens76Jun 23rd 2009 1:02PM
Facebook and My Space BOTH SUCK. Avoid them.