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Facebook Photo API Bug Exposes User Data: 6.8 Million Affected

Calendar Dec 18, 2018 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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A bug in Facebook’s photo API may have exposed up to 6.8 million users’ photos to app developers, the company announced on Friday.

Facebook said that normally, when a user gives permission for an app to get at their Facebook photos, the developers are only supposed to get access to photos that are posted onto their timeline.

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