Vulnerability in Facebook's OAuth allowed hacker full profile access

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 09:20 in Mathematics & Economics

(Phys.org)—Nir Goldshlager writer of a security blog, is reporting that he found a vulnerability in Facebook's OAuth that allowed him full access to an individual's profile information. Facebook confirmed the vulnerability and has subsequently fixed the problem, but questions still linger about how safe user data is from developers who possess expert knowledge of the social giant's inner workings.

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