Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Major Facebook security hole lets you view your friends’ live chats

nerdgasms:

rosasparks:

soupsoup:

Today I was tipped off that there is a major security flaw in the social networking site that, with just a few mouse clicks, enables any user to view the live chats of their ‘friends’. Using what sounds like a simple trick, a user can also access their friends’ latest pending friend-requests and which friends they share in common. That’s a lot of potentially sensitive information.

Unbelievable I thought, until I just tested the exploit for myself.

And guess what? It works.

I haven’t tried this so I can’t vouch, but this is a major FYI for anyone who uses Facebook. I am thinking of deleting, (or “deactivating,” since that’s all you can really do) because this gets more and more ridiculous…

Yeah, I’ve been thinking about deactivating my account as well. I don’t really use facebook all that often, just to keep in touch with a few friends/family members. But these security holes are pretty horrendous, so I’m not sure it’s worth keeping my account. 

Posted at 11:54 AM 100 notes Reblogged from nerd-gasms

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  8. oh-theplacesyoullgo reblogged this from nerd-gasms and added:
    Actually, I just tried it, and it didn’t work for me. But this doesn’t necessarily mean that it couldn’t have been done....
  9. geebzpleez reblogged this from soupsoup
  10. serenastyle reblogged this from itsdesigned and added:
    lol #fail. There are other problems too, like missing profile info…
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  13. triangularisthepie reblogged this from rosa--sparks and added:
    Reblogging so I can find this if I do ever decide to take that step (if I do, it won’t be until I at least have a...
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  15. headphonesnotrequired reblogged this from caraobrien and added:
    Oh, Facebook. Since they made their latest round of “enhancements”, I’ve stripped all of my interests, music, etc. from...
  16. mansanaverde reblogged this from soupsoup
  17. ellenisthinking reblogged this from joshlatka and added:
    Between this and all that spokeo.com nonsense, it seems like having a facebook almost isn’t worth it anymore.
  18. raelynne reblogged this from rosa--sparks and added:
    this is funny! for a number of reasons: FB is completely VOLUNTARY, nobody is forcing people to use it FB chat is super...
  19. mandigray reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    And indeed, Facebook chat is down right now while they “fix” this one. Comforting.
  20. nicolekeller reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    They must be fixing this because Facebook chat has been down for awhile.
  21. haguenite reblogged this from rosa--sparks and added:
    I would be, if it weren’t for the fact that I just spent a year in a foreign country and the easiest way to stay in...
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  23. -roger-dodger- reblogged this from nerd-gasms and added:
    rosasparks:soupsoup:...I just tried this and it says chat is down for maintenance. I CAN’T...
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