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A Facebook “Bug” exposes Mark Zuckerberg photos

Posted on December 7, 2011

A security glitch in the social Media site Facebook allowed the users to view private photographs, including those of the website’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg.

A Forum had discussed this error with detailed steps to see the private pictures of other facebook users. The users had to report the profile of any user as inappropriate to see the their private pictures.

Facebook attributed the problem to a recent revision of its software. But It wasn’t immediately clear how long the Facebook security flaw was available on the Web, or how many of the site’s more than 800 million users were affected.

In a statement, a Facebook spokesman said the flaw “was the result of one of our recent code pushes and was live for a limited period of time. Upon discovering the bug, we immediately disabled the system, and will only return functionality once we can confirm the bug has been fixed.”

Because of this Security flaw, Many photos of Zuckerberg were visible online, including those with his girlfriend Priscilla Chan at his California home, one with President Obama at the White House, some showing him cooking meals, hanging out with friends, playing with his puppy and distributing Halloween candy to kids.

Mark Zuckerberg with U.S President Barack Obama

Mark Zuckerberg with girlfriend Priscilla Chan

Facebook, with more than 800 million users worldwide, is expected to go public next year, a move that will value the company at 100 billion dollars.

Facebook has faced a series of questions about its security and privacy features since it was founded in 2004.

Facebook had reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after the regulator found the company had misled users about the use of their personal information.The settlement requires Facebook “to establish and maintain a comprehensive privacy program,” the FTC said at the time.

Facebook was forced to agree for the external inspections of its privacy systems and agree to fines of $16,000 per day for new violations.
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