Facebook fixes photo deletion issue 3 years after privacy questions were raised

Facebook has finally resolved an issue that prevented users’ photos from being completely deleted, according to Ars Technica, which first raised privacy concerns about the matter three years ago.

Previously when users deleted their photos, the images were removed from the site but still accessible with a direct link. This was because Facebook’s early photo storage systems did not always delete cached images from the site’s content delivery networks. In some cases the photos were available months or years after users thought they deleted them.

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