Major Facebook security hole lets you view your friends’ live chats
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.
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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....
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lol #fail. There are other problems too, like missing profile info…
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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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Oh, Facebook. Since they made their latest round of “enhancements”, I’ve stripped all of my interests, music, etc. from...
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Between this and all that spokeo.com nonsense, it seems like having a facebook almost isn’t worth it anymore.
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this is funny! for a number of reasons: FB is completely VOLUNTARY, nobody is forcing people to use it FB chat is super...
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And indeed, Facebook chat is down right now while they “fix” this one. Comforting.
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They must be fixing this because Facebook chat has been down for awhile.
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rosasparks:soupsoup:...I just tried this and it says chat is down for maintenance. I CAN’T...
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