Facebook is generally considered to be among the safest of social networks in terms of sharing personal media, mainly because of the increasing number of privacy options that are available to users. While security breaches are common enough to know that there’s an inherent risk in sharing personal information across social networks (and yes, email too), a recent loophole in Facebook’s photo albums is quick to remind us that every once in a while, bad things happen.

After releasing new security options for user privacy, Facebook’s loophole was unearthed by Vancouver computer technician Byron Ng, reports the Associated Press. What he found was a way to pull up photos from users on Facebook, even if the photos had been marked as restricted to certain users only. What’s more, is the accessible photos from these users could come from strangers on the site, meaning the loophole allowed for Ng to view images from users that he’s not friends with on Facebook.

This security breach was confirmed by an AP reporter, who was even able to view photos from Mark Zuckerberg’s account, placed on Facebook in November, 2005. Ng was also able to view private photos of Paris Hilton at the Emmy Awards, and her brother Nicholas drinking beer with friends. Facebook has since resolved the security breach, and there won’t likely be any lawsuits as a result (we know how Paris feels about her images being shared on the Web). But even if you’re not Paris Hilton, keep this particular security breach in mind when uploading naughty or compromising images of yourself, and your friends too!

 Source: Mashable