A flaw in Facebook allows users to access private photos that are hidden from view, through no less than the social network’s own image reporting tool.
Reporting features in Facebook apparently can allow users to access personal, private and hidden photos from being exposed.
The flaw was spotted by members of a body,no less.which allows Facebook private photos from being viewed and accessed by anyone who uses the tool.
Users who report “inappropriate profile photos” on a users’ profile can continue through the in-built Facebook reporting tool. If selected as “nudity or pornography”, the user can then be given the opportunity to help Facebook “take action by selecting additional photos to include with your report”.
By checking this box, and continuing the process, Facebook then displays a number of additional photos which are not publicly available to the user.
However, more often than not you get some pictures to view. Facebook wasn’t immediately available for comment. One thing to note is that exploiting this flaw requires reporting someone just to see a few pictures.
Details of this flaw were examined in detail. While some browsers restrict this flaw, private photos that are hidden or unaccessible to people who are friends, can not only be accessed but enlarged to their full scale.
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