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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Facebook Vulnerability Discloses Friends Lists
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Mon Nov 25 14:19:43 2013
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Facebook Vulnerability Discloses Friends Lists Defined as Private
http://j.mp/1birbxG (Quotium)
"Irene Abezgauz from the Quotium Seeker Research Center identified a
security flaw in Facebook privacy controls. The vulnerability allows
attackers to see the friends list of any user on Facebook. This attack
is carried out by abusing the 'People You May Know' mechanism on
Facebook, which is the mechanism by which Facebook suggests new
friends to users."
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