Facebook Privacy Updates Open Security Holes, Experts Say
December 15, 2009
Facebook’s updated privacy settings and impending Google access could ripopen a security hole allowing hackers to more easily steal personal information and break into critical accounts in identity theft schemes, experts say.
Facebook officially rolled out a multitude of updates to its privacy settings last week, which it claimed would give users more control over the information they shared online. Starting Wednesday, many of the 350 million Facebook users who logged into the site were treated to a prompt requesting that they review and update their privacy settings. Users had choice of sharing their profile and status updates with “friends,” “friends of friends” or “everyone.” Ignoring the prompts automatically defaulted privacy settings to the “everyone” mode — meaning that status updates, photos, Facebook friend lists and other information could be made accessible on the Internet via Google(NSDQ:GOOG) and Bing searches or by other third party applications.
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