Network Glitch Allows Internet to Lose Track of Who is Who on Facebook
An Associate Press (AP) exclusive tells the story of a glitch that allowed AT&T wireless users to log into the Facebook accounts of other users. This glitch was “the result of a routing problem at the family’s wireless carrier, AT&T”.
It seems like the users didn’t use a Facebook application, but, instead, logged into Facebook via their phone’s Internet browser. From there the Internet lost track of who was who. Instead of putting the users into the correct Facebook account, they were put into the Facebook accounts of other users. What’s alarming is it doesn’t seem like the users could have done anything to prevent the error.
According to the AP article, this glitch isn’t just a problem for AT&T customers and Facebook, but it’s “a little known security flaw with far reaching implications for everyone on the Internet”.
