‘Deleted’ Facebook Photos Still Viewable
Photos deleted by users of Facebook have lingered on the social network’s servers for nearly three years, an investigation by a tech website found. The site Ars Technica found that some of the photos users believed were “deleted” from the social network years ago are still accessible on Facebook’s servers via direct link to the .jpg file. Facebook, blaming its older systems for not always deleting user-uploaded content within a reasonable time frame, said it was moving to a new system that would accomplish that within a timely fashion. Photos remaining online are “stuck” in a legacy system that has never operated properly, a Facebook spokesperson said, resulting in the move to a new system.
Photos deleted by users of Facebook have lingered on the social network’s servers for nearly three years, an investigation by a tech website found. The site Ars Technica found that some of the photos users believed were “deleted” from the social network years ago are still accessible on Facebook’s servers via direct link to the .jpg file. Facebook, blaming its older systems for not always deleting user-uploaded content within a reasonable time frame, said it was moving to a new system that would accomplish that within a timely fashion. Photos remaining online are “stuck” in a legacy system that has never operated properly, a Facebook spokesperson said, resulting in the move to a new system.
