Whoops! Facebook Exposes User Emails For 30 Minutes

Last night Facebook had a security glitch that exposed the private email addresses of some users. This follows a similar problem in February when some users had their inbox exposed to other people. Several users posted upset tweets on Twitter about the situation – some limited to the very succinct “not fixed, wtf.” The problem is apparently fixed now, but the issue is that some Facebook users have their email addresses marked as private in their profile settings, and yet other users were able to see this information.

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