Facebook Privacy Bug Exposed Your Friend Requests And Chat

Want to view who your friends are chatting with or who has requested them as friends? A new privacy loophole made it possible to do exactly that. It’s a major privacy flaw and it has resulted in Facebook Chat being shut down. The error comes at a time that Facebook is under increasing pressure to empower Facebook users through transparent privacy settings.

This morning we were alerted to a bug that enabled users to view their friends’ active chat sessions as well as any of their incoming friend requests.