We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again now that a security upgrade made it possible for strangers to view private photos on Facebook. Don’t put things online that you don’t want people to know.

The Associated Press verified the loophole Monday after receiving a tip from a Byron Ng, a Vancouver, Canada computer technician.

Facebook had just added more privacy controls for users to decide who is able to view certain portions of their profiles.

But the added protections were not enough to prevent Ng from pulling up the most recent pictures posted by Facebook members and their friends, even if the privacy settings were set to restrict the audience to a select few.

Ng was able to check out some private photos of Paris Hilton at the Emmys, and an AP reporter viewed a photo album posted by Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg.

So, here’s a short quiz to see if you’ve understood the material. You should (A. always, B. never) put things online that you don’t want people to know.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 1:37 am by Mike Markiewicz and is filed under privacy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.