Privacy concerns and Facebook seem to go hand-in hand. Information abuses appear to be showing up increasingly more often. The way Facebook coded links for marketers and app makers could have exposed a significant amount of user information.
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The security firm Symantec is very helpful. It provides software to individuals. In a blog post yesterday, Symantec's engineers revealed a "spare key" flaw in the programming of Facebook. Facebook had already taken corrective action by the time Symantec revealed the flaw. A ton of passwords and personal account information was revealed with this spare key. The key, if properly used, would have allowed advertisers to access accounts, chats and friend details.
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