Facebook
chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was caught up in the social networking
site’s latest privacy glitch after his private photos went on display
for all to see. The photos don’t reveal anything overtly scandalous,
just images that Zuckerberg chose to remain private, for his own
personal reasons. Fourteen images were shared with a photo site and show
Zuckerberg holding what appears to be a dead chicken, Zuckerberg at
home with friends, and handing out candy at Halloween. “The bug allowed
anyone to view a limited number of another user’s most recently uploaded
photos irrespective of the privacy settings for these photos,” Facebook
said yesterday. “This was the result of one of our recent code pushes
and was live for a limited period of time. Upon discovering the bug, we
immediately disabled the system, and will only return functionality once
we can confirm the bug has been fixed.” The glitch comes one week after
the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with Facebook that
required the social network to be more transparent about its privacy
policies.
