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MySpace Bug Leaks 'Private' Teen Photos to Voyeurs

Postby ChatOmbre » Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:58 pm

From a recent Wired article...

A backdoor in MySpace's architecture allows anyone who's interested to see the photographs of some users with private profiles -- including those under 16 -- despite assurances from MySpace that those pictures can only be seen by people on a user's friends list. Info about the backdoor has been circulating on message boards for months...

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Re: MySpace Bug Leaks 'Private' Teen Photos to Voyeurs

Postby Dracofrost » Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:03 am

Well that sucks. I'm glad I hardly use Myspace anymore, and that I never put anything on it worth keeping private in the first place.
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Re: MySpace Bug Leaks 'Private' Teen Photos to Voyeurs

Postby Drazo » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:12 am

Dracofrost wrote:and that I never put anything on it worth keeping private in the first place.


Ditto. Why anyone would keep private pictures on myspace is beyond my understanding....
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