Facebook privacy flaw nailed at Lugano workshop

(PhysOrg.com) -- As if Facebook has not has enough invasion-of-privacy problems, a pair of researchers have come up with one more reason why Facebook cannot rest. Shah Mahmood and Yvo Desmedt, Chair of Information Communication Technology at University College London, want the wide world of Facebook-account users to know that there is a hole in Facebook's settings that allows stalkers, whether they are personal mischief makers or governments, to spy on accounts without the account holder aware that anything is wrong. The technique is called “cloaking” and it works when the attacker deactivates and reactivates accounts, which Facebook allows.

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