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Re:Major Facebook security hole lets you view your friends’ ... by jackowayed on Wednesday May 05, 2010 @11:55AM (#1321531)
Wouldn't it be a lot less disruptive just to disable that privacy feature that people use very rarely rather than disabling chat, which people use all the time? Unless, of course, they're afraid that this isn't the only security hole allowing you to see your friends' chats.
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Re:Major Facebook security hole lets you view your friends’ ... by sarvenna on Wednesday May 05, 2010 @12:00PM (#1321551)
They disabled the button on the privacy setting page, but as of a few moments ago, this url still worked: http://www.facebook.com/[your short url]?viewas=[id]

Edit: The button from the privacy settings page is working again.

In general, though, cutting chat while trying to fix this is probably a Good Idea. Less room for bad things to happen assuming you can turn chat off more quickly than you can fix the behavior.

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