Want to See Facebook Founder’s Private Photos? Glitch Makes it Possible
- Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:40pm by
Liz Klimas
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Although you‘re about to see about how one of Facebook’s flaws exposed its own founder’s private photos, there’s no need to worry about your photo security at this point as Facebook has already fixed the flaw.
Here are some photos released from Mark Zuckerberg’s profile. Guess what: he posts photos just like the rest of us:
Zuckerberg takes photos with his pets too.
Zuckerberg shows off his bravery of holding wild animals too.
He shows off his culinary skills too. Wait, are those chicken tenders? See previous photo.
He likes to let people know when he meets a celebrity or public figure too.
Here’s what happened before the flaw was fixed. On a body building forum — an odd location for this sort of instruction — someone posted step-by-step instructions about how to capitalize on a glitch that would let you see someone’s private Facebook pictures, according to Business Insider. Here’s how it worked:
- Pick someone whose photos you want to view
- Report the person’s profile photo as inappropriate
- Give nudity or pornography as the reason for it being inappropriate
- Check “Help us take action by selecting additional photos to include with your report”
- Right click any other image from the person’s profile and open it in a new tab to view the full image
Although Facebook has already disabled the “Help us take action” option that would allow one to see additional photos, it was still enough time for someone to turn the tables on Facebook’s own CEO.
Before the post, called “I teach you how to view private Facebook photos” according to Fox News, on the body building forum was removed and the flaw fixed, CNET reported that it only worked on some profiles but not others. Facebook provided this statement to CNET:
“Earlier today, we discovered a bug in one of our reporting flows that allows people to report multiple instances of inappropriate content simultaneously. The bug was a result of one of our most recent code pushes and was live for a limited period of time. Not all content was accessible, rather a small number of one’s photos. Upon discovering the bug, we immediately disabled the system, and will only return functionality once we can confirm the bug has been fixed.”
Check out more of Zuckerberg’s pictures here.
All this comes on the heels of Facebook’s FTC settlement last week over charges that the company misled users about the privacy of their personal information. In the settlement, Facebook submitted to 20 years of audits and providing users with opt-in (instead of opt-out) capability when changes to security features are made. Interestingly, it was announced this week that Facebook has picked the name for its new address in Menlo Park, Calif., and it’s an odd choice for a site that has had many security problems and issues with user privacy. According to Tech Crunch (via Gawker) Facebook headquarters is now 1 Hacker Way.
Business card from a Facebook employee. (Photo via Tech Crunch)
Facebook also recently wrapped up a job audition for hackers to find a place within its company. Facebook’s Hackathon, according to Wired, has 14 schools invited to participate. Doing well in the hackathon isn’t an automatic job offer, but Wired reports that it gives candidates an edge in the hiring process with the company. This year a team from Princeton University won for an app it created called Accessorize.
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Comments (61)
m2matarazzo
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 3:33pmWhy do people think everyone needs to know all about each others lives? How about when they vacation and put 80 pictures on Facebook, should be called Braggbook!
Report Post »Proud Southerner
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 2:21pmWas he surprised? You have to expect this to happen. Hopefully somebody got all of his info and sold it for a little over $17,000,000,000.
Report Post »Hemingway in Cuba
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 10:47amIronic (maybe just funny) that it looks like Obama is giving Zuckerberg tips….it needs to go the other way around. Zuckerberg is worth $17.5 billion and creates jobs.
He is also creating his own currency on FB, Facebook Credits, which will soon be worth more than the US Dollar. Perhaps he can sell Facebook Treasuries to the Chinese too.
Report Post »grannyrecipe
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 7:59amWe slaughtered our own chickens growing up and I was always amazed that upon removal of the head chickens become world class gymnasts and acrobats. Then it occurred to me; Their small mind was a hindrance to their full potential!
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 6:49amIf you have a bank account or a life you have to be an idiot to have a face book account.
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 6:51amWell, maybe not a idiot. Probably not but surely you know the risks.
Report Post »DeVain
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 6:25amI am a member of that bodybuilding site. While you say it is an odd place for such information, you don’t know the guys like I do. For that particular section of the board it’s par for the course.
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 3:07amDid you see the photo of Obuma and how he combed his hair up in the front to look all stylish? lol
Report Post »Ming The Merciless
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 1:06pmthat wasn’t his hair you dumbass – that was his horn!
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 3:05amAh yes. Good old Facebook. Someday it will be reflected back on and known as the government spying stooge in which everyone “volunteered” to be spied upon because Facebook was all the rage and hip. The government doesn’t need subpoenas anymore when places like Facebook will divulge everything about you to the government upon a verbal request. Also, Suckerberg most likely killed that chicken since he was learning how to slaughter animals as one of the things he wanted to learn about (he also slit the throat of a goat). Facebook is nothing but a spying site disguised as a fun, hip, trendy website.
Report Post »ULYSSESG
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:28pmI dont use FB nor do I use Twitter, I prefer the gvmnt stay the hell out of my life and if you open yourself up to FB and twitter, your subjecting yourself to being monitored by your gvmnt… enjoy sheeple….
Report Post »saranda
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:04pmAnd yet you post on a website where at this moment no less than 14 different programs are taking your personal info for their own use. Get Ghostery and you can disable most if not all of them and see how many are trying to get your info.
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:14pmWear a skull cap under your tin foil so you don’t get a rash, bro.
Report Post »BlackAce41
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:26pmYou do know the Government can watch you from space and watch you anytime they want. They don’t need facebook
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:46pmRun Ghostery (a FireFox plugin).
Report Post »It’s blocking ad 14 trackers on this site alone.
The speed improvement alone is worth it (free).
Also, its not just the government tracking you.
Everybody seems to want to know what everybody is doing.
Aggregated stats are big business.
It’s gotten to the point where Identity protection services just make sense.
WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:33pmThe government learned more about you from your e-mail than you’ll ever post on Facebook.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 8:43am@saranda… ULYSSESG Is absolutely right. you‘re a dope if you don’t know anything about extentions.. You’re probably still using IE8…lmao
Report Post »Did you ever hear of an extention for your browser called TACO ? Look it up.
ZengaPA65
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:30pmLet’s his invade all his privacy and sell his info like he does to everyone else.
Report Post »BECK4US
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:36pmI’m with you.
Report Post »hi
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:11pmAmazing!
Report Post »piecolorado
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:55pmI like this guy more now, because he was giving out full size candy bars for Halloween in one of the photos after the link. We all love those housed that gave out full size candy bars!
Report Post »Katie822
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:46pmLOL! And what’s with the horrible photography?
Report Post »Zoe
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:53pmNot Chicken tenders – Dogs & Fries …Photo before that…….
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:24pmWas obama sportin a comb up hair-do ?
Report Post »Legalette
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:02pmI had to scroll back up to look … how funny!!
Report Post »HuckleberryFriend
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:09pmNow that everyone has seen his private photos, he’ll never get a job.
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:48pmOMG! That’s the Kid that was Stealing our chickens and then he has the audacity to fry it up, and share it with OB?
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:11pmDoes he not know that the man he is talking to wants his wallet and his business? He may have a high IQ, but he ain’t very damn smart to be hanging around BO.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:30pmOk, it has to be said…….Why is Mark Zukerberg choking his chicken on camera?
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:49pmHis Chicken?
Report Post »Ming The Merciless
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:03pmDude – it’s already been choked. It’s limp!
Report Post »THIS GENERATION
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:16pmBADDOGGY, It has been said, that the smarter you THINK you are the less wisdom you have. He’s too dumb to realize that B.O. is picking his pocket.
Report Post »Guitar Master
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:08pmzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
From THE REPORTER
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
In this day and age you can go to any supermarket in the U.S. and buy all the chicken you want in every shape, size and form. You can stuff your freezer full if you desire. For someone as rich as this punk is to slaughter his own chickens should tell everyone that there is something radically wrong with him. He brags about the killing of his “stock.”
Take a good look at this homely kid, would you want him as your neighbor knowing he was slaughtering animals that he was raising.
Our society is sick, oh so sick when a two-bit ma ma’s boy is idolized and worshiped just because he got lucky and developed a web-site. Take a look at the mess in his kitchen and tell me if he isn’t a first class slob?
Those of you that are on Facebook contribute to this punk’s lifestyle but wait a minute, nah ! you‘re too smart for that aren’t you, you dumb pizza eating, sports junkie imbeciles.
Johnny Cocheroo
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:34pmSeriously – you’re upset about him killing his own chickens?
If I “get lucky” and become insanely rich, I’d probably own my own farm too. Anyways, I’d be willing to bet his own stock lives in conditions much better than the stock we eat from McDonalds, Burger King & even supermarkets.
I’m kinda curious why he chooses (if he really does) to raise his own stock. A guy with all the money in the world is raising his own food instead of buying it from major producers….. does he know something we don’t?
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:37pmFacebook is free.
Report Post »jado1981
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:40pmIs there something wrong with me because I hunt hogs? Am I a rich snob too?
Look, I’m not on facebook, I was, but I removed my account. I don’t really like all of my details being out there, so it’s gone, but I would hardly call him a boy-wonder who got lucky. He did something that he wanted to do, and apparently, lots of other people wanted this too. Why should he be called a punk and other names because he was an entrepreneur? I say good for him and what he wants to do, if you don’t want any part of it, just don’t sign up. End of story.
Report Post »corp-mule
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:43pm@GUITAR MASTER …
Just because you can go to the grocery store and buy all your food …“in this day and age” doesn’t mean you are obligated to do so. There ain‘t nothin’ wrong with raising or growing your own food. In fact, it’s probably a better thing to do (than buying it from the grocery store). It’s food storage that reproduces itself. :)
Eventually, if you want to eat what you’ve raised or grown, you have to harvest what you’ve raised or grown.
Report Post »sablegsd
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:21pmAre you one of those nut job animal rights donks? There is absolutely nothing wrong with raising you own food. It tastes better and you know what went into it. So, instead of raising your own food, you support factory farms? What a lame brain dolt you are.
Report Post »ArmedAndNotDangerous
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:32pmZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
FROM THE REPORTER
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
(what ever that means.)
I think you have Gallus domesticus envy. His hens and perhaps his ***** are bigger than yours.
Report Post »Alaren
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:09pmOK for those who don’t know Zuckerburg takes up personal challenges every year. This year he chose to personally kill/slaughter all of his own food. Kudos to him for doing his own thing and sticking to it.
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:00pmWhat’s wrong with raising your own food? I bet that food is of better quality than most of the food that I have the opportunity to eat.
And really, who cares if his kitchen is a mess? You don’t have to live there, and he’s not running a bakery or anything. Maybe your house looks perfect, but I won‘t hold it against you if it’s not.
Report Post »RossPoldark
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:40pmExodus 20:17
New testament
“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.”
Report Post »To covet is to have the strong desire for the possession of others’ specific personal properties or relationships, going beyond simply admiring someone Else’s possessions or thinking “I’d like to have one of those.” Coveting includes envy – resenting the fact that others have what you don’t.
Katie822
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:57pmWhere do you think the meat in supermarkets comes from? Slaughterhouses. Somebody is being paid to do it. I’d much rather eat free-range than meat with chemicals and hormones.
And BTW, I’ve never had a facebook account.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 8:50am@Alaren.. What are you maid/housekeeper ? How do you know that, read it off of facebook ?
Report Post »felix
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:08pmthe perfect little liberal communist !!!
Report Post »Clive
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:51pmright… clearly a capitalist.
Report Post »HawkEyeTx
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:02pm#
Report Post »Interesting article for a look into the lives of the ordinary folks.
Thanks for letting me know they are normal.
Can’t say the same for Washington D.C.
Rocky_biskit
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:56pmSomeone needs to teach him the proper method of holding a live chicken.
Report Post »tirepitstop
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:00pmLooks like a rare photo of Obama’s horns showing……??
Report Post »Rocky_biskit
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:02pmInterestingly enough, I own chickens and my rooster is named Barack Husein Obama!!! I named him that so it would be easier to … ummm I think you know what I am saying.
Report Post »branch manager
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:54pmI don’t partake in a mind numbing and time sucking activity such as this. Call me a freak. So be it.
Report Post »QuincyMA
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:09pmWhy is it mind numbing and time sucking? Hahahaha….you are posting on a news blog and yet you feel Facebook is “time sucking”? I am always amused by the visceral reaction Facebook provokes in some people. I have friend like this…these are the same guys who are telling me that texting was for women about 6-7 years ago, now these same guys text all the time! Too funny.
Report Post »branch manager
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 9:01amOh, looks like I touched a sore spot. I apologize. But your right, I do think FB is for the ladies. Now if you‘ll excuse me I’m going to go eat a grilled cheese sandwich and then take a shower. FYI, I’ll be out of town for 2 weeks so my house will be unsupervized during that time! Have fun! I just ask that you stay out of my underware drawer. Kinda personal, I hope you understand.
Report Post »EgoBrain
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:53pmNice house.
Report Post »NSDQ
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:53pmI am a big fan of TheBlaze but this is crappy journalism and beneath you; This is MSLSD grade reporting
Report Post »Carter John
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:50pmWow I‘m glad he didn’t anything really embarrassing in his photos.
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