You Might Be The Weakest Link In Facebook Security
Most people don't avail themselves of the full extent of the security settings on Facebook, which can make an otherwise harmless glitch into a problem like the one Rui Wang and Zhou Li identified.
A couple of students have nailed a vulnerability on Facebook that would have allowed phishing websites to steal and publish data from users who don’t opt for the maximum security settings on the social network.
The fact that the vulnerability only arose on profiles that haven’t availed themselves of the highest level of security available on Facebook would seem to have lessened the urgency of the flaw — except that most people on the social network underutilize the privacy settings on the site, making the majority of users vulnerable.
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