Researcher finds flaw that grants access to any Facebook account

Shawn Knight · Feb 25, 2013

A security expert recently outlined steps on his blog that allowed him to gain unprecedented access to anyone’s Facebook account. Nir Goldshlager said a flaw in Facebook’s OAuth service, which is used to by developers to solicit permission from users...

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spydercanopus · Feb 25, 2013

A billion users private conversations and photos open to the public... it could have changed the world!

Guest · Feb 25, 2013

Privat on internet? Nothing is privat on internet!

SNGX1275 · Feb 25, 2013

Nice to see a story about someone using their powers for good.

Also, dude's name reminded me of this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Goldschläger.jpg/220px-Goldschläger.jpg

tipstir · Feb 26, 2013

I got rid of my master account on FB don't need that on there. Use another account with less info on. What makes matter worst is the want cell phone and credit cards info. Never going to happen with me. Your suppose to log in using https:// not http://.

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