This also includes photos users have uploaded to Facebook but haven’t published. The issue has affected as many as 6.8 million Facebook users.
Facebook has themselves admitted that a bug has led to app developers getting access to photos of 6.8 million users. In a blog post the company said, “Currently, we believe this may have affected up to 6.8 million users and up to 1,500 apps built by 876 developers. The only apps affected by this bug were ones that Facebook approved to access the photos API and that individuals had authorized to access their photos.” According to Facebook, the bug has been fixed and the company is alerting potentially people affected by the bug.
Facebook’s blog post goes on to say, “We’re sorry this happened. Early next week we will be rolling out tools for app developers that will allow them to determine which people using their app might be impacted by this bug. We will be working with those developers to delete the photos from impacted users.”
The issue isn’t something new.
