Myspace private profiles hacked with yahoo widget

by Derek Anderson	Stumble this!	June 05th 2008

Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan get more exposure

Story is that Canadian computer tech, Byron Ng, discovered that Yahoo’s integration with MySpace makes it easy to view photos for any profile regardless of privacy settings.

ooops!

How it was done:

“In short, here’s what Byron did… He started by knowing that Paris Hilton’s hidden profile is HERE, and Lindsay Lohan’s profile is HERE. This info is readily available on the internet, but the profiles are set to private… That’s where the hacking kicks in.

Byron found that by signing into yahoomail, one can download a beta myspace widget (start HERE), then one can view any profile based on the profile number, regardless of whether or not the profile is hidden.”

Opinion:
I wouldn’t call this much of a hack.

He pretty much stumbled upon a vulnerability created when different technologies become interactive. I don’t really know if this is even worthy news except for the fact that your so called “Privacy” is just that…so called.

sources:
Trend Hunter Mag
G4TV.com The Feed

7 Comments »

1. Ok. This is no longer available. I have someone that is harassing me and they have set there profile to private. Is there anyway to look at a private profile

   Comment by Josh M — 06-8-08 @ 1:43 am

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2. @Josh M: do you realize that it would be illegal for me to tell you do you?

   Comment by Avatar — 06-8-08 @ 1:45 am

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3. Tell me you twat!

   Comment by Josh M — 06-15-08 @ 12:12 pm

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4. @Josh M: yeah, because calling me twat is going to make me tell you.

   Comment by Avatar — 06-15-08 @ 7:12 pm

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5. its been fixed can’t use this one anymore but it was fun while it lasted

   Comment by jennifer — 06-19-08 @ 9:38 pm

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6. @jennifer: indeed

   Comment by Avatar — 06-19-08 @ 10:45 pm

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7. think i got here late to the party. i hate when i miss out on interesting convos

   Comment by wow — 06-28-08 @ 5:19 am

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