Facebook Privacy Hole 'Lets You See Where Strangers Plan To Go'

Facebook Privacy Hole 'Lets You See Where Strangers Plan To Go'
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Facebook's new system for connecting together the web seems to have a serious privacy hole, a web developer has discovered.

Some people report that they are able to see the public "events" that Facebook users have said they will attend -- even if they [sic]person is not a "friend" on the social network.

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