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Up to 6.8 Million Facebook Users May Have Been Victims of a Photo API Bug

Some third-party apps were given access to more images than usual

ComputerBug — The bug was active from Sept. 13 through 25PashaIgnatov/iStock

As many as 6.8 million Facebook users may have been affected by a bug in the social network’s photo API (application-programming interface) that gave some third-party apps access to more photos than they were given permission to access.

Facebook said in a blog post that from Sept. 13 through 25, up to 1,500 apps built by 876 developers may have been able to access photos other than the ones people shared on their Timelines. The bug has been fixed.

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