When Facebook is in news and one does not get juice out of it, its no real news. To prove that right, here is something that a Mark Zuckerberg follower would be interested in noting, as well those who are concerned with privacy on the world’s biggest social networking site, Facebook.
A Facebook security flaw revealed a few tit-bit images of the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, from his personal profile. It should be known to all that his profile is in the ‘subscribe-me’ edition only and his personal images are not open to his subscribers even. He has one of his photo albums visible to anyone on Facebook is of “The Great Goat Roast of 2009,” but not others.
Talking about the images, it seems the CEO of Facebook is quite down to earth and spends quality time with his girlfriend and puppy, while even squeezing in time for cooking. There was even a photo, where he was greeting the U.S. President Barack Obama. So, one would say ‘its nice’, ‘great’, ‘thats so cute!’ and ‘thats so human’, but what one would even say is ‘that isn’t what we were expecting! Where are the raucous party scenes like the ones we saw in “The Social Network” movie about the company’s founding?’
So, with this flaw, Facebook and Zuckerberg have only been disappointing.
It seems like Zuckerberg is a straight-backed, ultra-focused leader of the world’s largest online social network, who looks like the most professional CEO at professional meets, even though he does not dress that way, his conversations are quite professional, and is a simple-yet popular personality otherwise.
However, moving on to an important topic, one would say that the security flaw can be severe for other Facebook users too. The social networking giant blames it to be a software error in a feature that lets users report inappropriate content. The same, was fixed quickly by the company, but the damage was already done and a few Facebook users had to suffer the after effects of it. It was noted that some people were able to view a limited number of other people’s photos, even if they were marked as private and meant for a small circle of friends.
The count of affected users was not disclosed by Facebook, and they didn’t detail as to how long it would continue.
Interestingly, Zuckerberg’s photos were G-rated, but one can expect such a privacy flaw to hit and hurt those who post more compromising photos, such as of underage drinking, parties or a day at the beach when they called ‘out sick from work’. One can just pray that such a thing doesn’t affect them, but they can do little to avoid it.
Michael Sutton, vice president of security research at Zscaler ThreatLabZ in an e-mail noted, “This is the latest in a long list of privacy concerns caused by Facebook, although most to date have been caused by bad decisions as opposed to bad code.” He continued saying, “This is a challenge for the largest social network on the planet — with great power comes great responsibility.”
Facebook has recently settled its case with the Federal Trade Commission, which related to claims that it exposed details about users’ lives without getting legally required consent.
But will this new issue turn big or will be wiped out of users’ minds, in either case, a controversy might be on its way.