Facebook, MySpace Fix Subdomain Errors

Author: Donald Sears
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Facebook and MySpace have fixed errors that could have allowed data to be given out from its subdomains. A Dutch developer, Yvo Schaap, discovered the flaw and wrote on his blog: “A “more invasive and hidden exploit could harvest all the user’s
personal photos, data and messages to a central server without any
trace, and there is no reason why this wouldn’t be happening already
with both Facebook and MySpace data.” Read the full article. [Computerworld]

Facebook and MySpace have fixed errors that could have allowed data to be given out from its subdomains. A Dutch developer, Yvo Schaap, discovered the flaw and wrote on his blog: “A “more invasive and hidden exploit could harvest all the user’s
personal photos, data and messages to a central server without any
trace, and there is no reason why this wouldn’t be happening already
with both Facebook and MySpace data.” Read the full article. [Computerworld]

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