More bad news related to privacy is just about the last thing that was needed in Menlo Park, Calif., but here it is.
Chief privacy officer Erin Egan revealed in a Newsroom post that 14 million people were affected by a bug that sprung up during the post-creation process, automatically suggesting that those posts be made public.
Past posts were unaffected, and users were still able to choose the audiences for their content. The only issue is that public became the default selection for those users.
Egan said the 14 million users who were affected are being alerted and prompted to review any posts they shared during the time period when the bug was in effect, May 18 through 27.
She
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