webguru11
12-17-2011, 06:39 AM
Recently, a third party gained access to Mark’s personal locked picture gallery, a Facebook flaw that revealed itself to the embarrassment of the founder. A group of users disclosed the flaw along with a number of images pulled from the locked photo gallery of Zuckerberg. This is a flaw which allowed a third party to view a user's locked and private images while reporting a public image as objectionable or offensive. Facebook has reported that it has fixed it.
The incident is far from the first occasion in which Facebook's privacy protections have been called into question. The company has a long history of embarrassing breaches and user revolts over its inability to properly manage and protect the personal data of its customers.
- Search Engine Watch
It would be smart of Facebook to hire some people that have a strong security-focused mindset to do QA of their tools. It is not a reflection on their ability to write good applications, it is a failure of the imagination of whoever tested this feature.
- Andrew Brandt, director of threat research for Solera Networks Research Labs
The incident is far from the first occasion in which Facebook's privacy protections have been called into question. The company has a long history of embarrassing breaches and user revolts over its inability to properly manage and protect the personal data of its customers.
- Search Engine Watch
It would be smart of Facebook to hire some people that have a strong security-focused mindset to do QA of their tools. It is not a reflection on their ability to write good applications, it is a failure of the imagination of whoever tested this feature.
- Andrew Brandt, director of threat research for Solera Networks Research Labs