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Backdoor in MySpace

MySpace Bug Leaks 'Private' Teen Photos to Voyeurs

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A backdoor in MySpace's architecture allows anyone who's interested to see the photographs of some users with private profiles -- including those under 16 -- despite assurances from MySpace that those pictures can only be seen by people on a user's friends list. Info about the backdoor has been circulating on message boards for months.

Since the glitch emerged last fall, it has spawned a cottage industry of ad-supported websites that make it easy to access the photographs, spurring self-described pedophiles and run-of-the-mill voyeurs to post photos pilfered from private MySpace accounts.

The bug, and its long-term survival, raises new questions about privacy on the News Corp.-owned site, even as it touts a deal with the attorneys general of 49 states meant to polish its online-safety image.

"If kids are doing what they think they need to do, and are still having their photos picked up by slimebags on the internet ... then these are serious issues," said Parry Aftab, executive director of WiredSafety.org, a children's-online-safety group. "It's a matter of trust and it's a matter of safety."

"If any site promises that, in doing something, your information will be private … and it turns out that's not the way it works, that could be seen as consumer fraud under the FTC Act and 50 states' worth of consumer-protection laws."

Isn't that great!

Anything can be hacked, so we should shut everything down. Close the internet, burn all the books, and behead all the infidels.

So ummm, how does it work?

And then we should behead the SP's!!!!

Another good reason why I won't let my 12yr old daughter have a MySpace page!

Why are kids posting compromising pictures, even for their friends?

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 425775)

Why are kids posting compromising pictures, even for their friends?

Because they don't understand how the internet works.:D

No, besides that. If they had no internet would they be taking the same pictures and showing all their friends? There's more to this than ignorance of the internet.

...yeah, immaturity and stupidity.

I busted both of my youngest teens for passing themselves off as older than they were on their myspace accounts. Our spyware gave us the passwords.

I know we've had this fight before but youre an asshole with no respect for any kind of privacy.

Where are your children supposed to learn things like respect for personal space and privacy, if you go and do things like this to them?

I would not even entertain a converstation with you over it. You are not a parent with (at the time) a 14 year old girl. Get over it.

I am a computer network admin/engineer.

My House = My Rules

Nobody in my house has any presumption of privacy when it comes to using a computer. I am the keeper of all passwords, and I can and will check up on my wife, kids, or anyone else who uses a computer in my house.

My kids will have respect for personal space and privacy because they will have personal space and privacy in other areas, just not in their communications or interactions with adults.

I also intend to put satellite tracking, speed monitoring, etc. on any car my kids have until they move out. I will know where they are, whom they are with, and what they are doing at all times. If my kids act too badly, I'll put a camera in their room.

And there isn't a damn thing wrong with this.

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Originally Posted by Ibram (Post 425915)

Ibs, I like you dude, but you need to understand that children have no right to privacy that isn't given to them at the discretion of the parent. There is a reason for that: parents are responsible for the safety of the child and safety is far more important than hurt feelings. No you won't agree until you have a child of your own. No that isn't meant to be patronizing. It just is what it is.

Then why is the argument that the government can spy on you and limit your freedoms not a valid one? theyre only trying to protect you after all.

Radar, if you truly supported libertarianism, you would support it on all levels, from the UN to the federal to the state to the local to the PERSONAL level.
THAT is what libertarianism and freedom is about, for me.
It goes to ALL levels. You can't support absolute rule in one area, and no rule in another.