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Facebook shows personal email addresses

Private information exposed
Wed Mar 31 2010, 10:28

SOCIAL NOTWORKING website Facebook has done it again and revealed the personal email addresses of its users to the great unwashed.

According to Gawker, Facebook's security was breached or down for about half an hour yesterday. This was just enough time to accidentally let the private mail addresses of loads of its users go public.

No sooner had it happened than Facebook surreptitiously sorted whatever security problem it had without offering a public statement about the breach.

Unfortunately for Facebook, Gawker documents that dozens of keen social notworkers reported the problem, taking screen shots and tweeting. One said, between the profanities, "Everybody's email has been turned on to the public for at least the past 30 min. I tried going into my account to remove my email b/c I have an issue with a crazed stalker. But I wasn't able to." Another reported, "It looks like FB fixed it now. For my account anyway, it's not longer showing up to the public."

This isn't the first time that Facebook has revealed the private email addresses of its users. Back in May of last year, the New York Times reported that Facebook gave out the private email addresses of prominent users including six Google executives and 61 reporters and editors at The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. µ

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the moral of the story?

a fool and their personal details are easily parted

posted by : dave angel, eco warrior, 07 April 2010 Complain about this comment
Quit

As CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated, I own everything you put on FaceBook, when you uploaded your info you have relinquished your rights to privacy. I have the right to sell everything you have uploaded to anyone I want. By the way thankyou for making me a Billionaire. When are you sheep going to realize that your personal info is worth money and you give it away freely.

posted by : Crusher, 31 March 2010 Complain about this comment
Crazed Stalker

If the twat wasn't on Facebook in the first place, he wouldn't have a crazed stalker to worry about.

posted by : Bob Monkfish, 31 March 2010 Complain about this comment
Suicide Video'd Still on Facebook Since May'9....

Email Adresses, Post ALL Ye Want. Add to info page,too. FaceBook Does As Pleases, tering out OverPowering DATA, adding from Vault of Hidden Data, ON YOU.

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Now 7 of Conspirators have Had Mumblees' taken away Detained as await Trial. ALL Early Teens, Whom goated, Cheered on Daming Evidence, Smiling & Laughing.Violent Teaching,Preaching & Decieving In One PitFall.

FakeBook, Devils triangle.

HomoSexual Comments of: You Where BEST,PIMP, You Loved IT, Abound on Samuels FB Pages. Samuel Has 750 Friends.Sam Is Eagle Scout,too.
Limited to Christian School & Is Being Wisked here to Qashington,Dc for Interogatory on Sunday,EASTER for States Evidence Against Others Involved & FACEBOOK.
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posted by : Sun of SAM...., 31 March 2010 Complain about this comment
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