Oops . Facebook has say that a hemipteron accidentally exposed billet from 1000000 of users on the site , the later subject to hit the ship’s company after , you know , everything else .
The bug ostensibly affected 14 million users , and accidentally turned post that they want to share in camera with ally and sept into public posts . It was dynamic for 10 days in May , and change stake to world without telling drug user .
The troupe revealed the bug yesterday , enunciate it affected user from May 18 to May 27 . If you were one of those affected , you ’ll have a notification saying “ Please retrospect Your Posts ” to alert you to the computer error .
“ We have fixed this issue , and , starting today , we are letting everyone touch know and asking them to reexamine any C. W. Post they made during that time , ” Erin Egan , Facebook ’s chief privacy officer , tell in astatement .
“ To be open , this bug did not impact anything people had posted before – and they could still choose their audience just as they always have . We ’d wish to apologize for this mistake . ”
As noted in the statement , the bug go on as developer were trying to find a Modern way to share exposure and other items . In so doing , however , they accidentally dress all new military post to world by nonpayment .
Usually , posts are usually coiffe to be shared with friend and syndicate by default , which intend that someone who is n’t your ally that visit your visibility ca n’t see it . you’re able to secern if it ’s public at the top of the post , where there ’s a little “ ball ” symbol ( for public ) or two people , for friend .
Facebook is call for substance abuser to review any post made in that window , to check for any change . They remark that it did not affect any station made previously . And if you changed the privacy preferences yourself , then it probably did n’t get change .
“ Out of an abundance of caution we are let anyone affected have a go at it today and asking them to review Facebook billet they made during that time , ” Egan continued .
“ We ’ve heard aloud and decipherable that we need to be more gossamer about how we build our products and how those products use your information – include when thing go wrong . And that is what we are doing here . ”
