Canadian Byron Ng found a way around Facebook privacy safeguards and forwarded pictures of Paris Hilton's brother drinking beer to the Associated Press. How'd he do it? As we reported in January, Facebook doesn't provide much security for its users' photos. With the right URL, anyone can see any photo, whether its marked private or not. Take, for example, the photos from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's own private album, embedded below. In it, Zuck shows that he drinks beer and even sometimes wears a tux.

11:40 AM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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Matt Schlicht at 11:53 AM on 03/25/08
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Easy to do...
Claystil at 11:54 AM on 03/25/08
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embedded where?
michaellamb at 11:55 AM on 03/25/08
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i thought she was more of a sex kitten....
Ted Dziuba at 11:55 AM on 03/25/08
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only one photo? you suck at internet, nicholas carlson.
el_googlo at 11:59 AM on 03/25/08
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so he's got an asian girlfriend... that's really uncommon in the Bay Area!!
Adam Rock at 12:11 PM on 03/25/08
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Jump to fail - 2 secs
Nicholas Carlson at 12:13 PM on 03/25/08
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@Ted Dziuba: ARGH! coming.
matto at 12:16 PM on 03/25/08
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Good grief. I don't have $150bn and somehow I've managed to do an order of magnitude better. What is it with white guys here!?
Nicholas Carlson at 12:23 PM on 03/25/08
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@Ted Dziuba: fixed. phew
Mr. E. at 12:33 PM on 03/25/08
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Byron Ng is just a media whore, he didn't find the bug. It has been known publicly for a couple weeks. This is the same guy who contacted the AP claiming to be the first person to see a torrent offering the 7th harry potter book.
Mr. E. at 12:47 PM on 03/25/08
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If anyone is interested in how the bug worked you can read the details here: [lenky.net]
Alaska Miller at 12:49 PM on 03/25/08
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white boys sure love the ugly asian girls
Claystil at 12:51 PM on 03/25/08
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does he have fangs?
yawnster at 12:56 PM on 03/25/08
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white boys and their messed up definition of what is a hot asian chick..

maybe he should start dating that nvidia gold digger troll lady
matto at 01:20 PM on 03/25/08
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@yawnster: Piggy Chien's too busy impersonating Owen.
mandarin at 01:49 PM on 03/25/08
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Theres nothing wrong with her. Why are you guys so critical of looks? They like each other and thats the great thing.

Not everyone looks like a movie star like you guys...
H8terade at 01:56 PM on 03/25/08
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Yeah no kidding. She's a lot cuter than your blow-up dolls.
H8terade at 01:57 PM on 03/25/08
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yeah no kidding, she's a lot cuter than your blow-up dolls.
SnarkTard at 01:57 PM on 03/25/08
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@Claystil: to go with the red eyes
exstrax at 01:59 PM on 03/25/08
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classic
matto at 02:02 PM on 03/25/08
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@H8terade: I'd say that removing the language barrier and providing a picture was meeting you half-way, but your failure at simple posting suggests that we're going to need to simplify discourse even more for you to participate. So, what works for you? Shall we bang some rocks together?
yawnster at 02:04 PM on 03/25/08
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theres nothing wrong with our blowup dolls.. we like each other and thats the great thing.
thekevin at 02:04 PM on 03/25/08
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Christ, Zuckerberg reminds me of that dork from Saved by the Bell more and more every minute.
yawnster at 02:06 PM on 03/25/08
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haha..you are right..he does look like screech
Fidel on the Roof at 02:11 PM on 03/25/08
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1) whoo kares?

2) he ain't white

3) both are fugly
It Must Be Take a Worm... at 02:18 PM on 03/25/08
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These have got to be among the most boring photos ever taken by anyone, ever.
Nicholas Carlson at 03:11 PM on 03/25/08
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@matto: Zing!
Figaro at 09:04 PM on 03/25/08
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She's pretty hot!
raincoaster at 09:25 PM on 03/25/08
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@Fidel on the Roof: He ain't white? That's the palest brown man I've ever seen.

Seriously, physically she's slumming and he's obviously delighted she'll have him.

@matto: Banging rocks together? All you need is a business plan outline and you're an instant bajillionaire! The "dumb people" market is enormous!
random_play at 09:57 PM on 03/25/08
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@raincoaster: rockbangr.com! brilliant! someone find me a VC.
Here's your profile:

raincoaster member since many winters
make fire 10 times
make spear uh, more than 10 times
7 people say raincoaster strong like bison
6 people say raincoaster fast like cheetah

click here make raincoaster friend
click here block raincoaster, he not all that
raincoaster at 12:49 AM on 03/26/08
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You mean ' "She" not all that.'

But who would dare?
matto at 12:53 AM on 03/26/08
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@random_play: news corp is way ahead of ya
Hez at 01:04 AM on 03/26/08
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@random_play:
Make glyph raincoaster cave wall
Bad glyph, smash wall? unh/unh-unh (no unsmash!)
raincoaster at 02:32 AM on 03/26/08
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Okay, so we meet at Starbucks at eleven to put this thing together. Who's got a GPS? The Greyhound website doesn't have "Sand Hill Road" as a destination!
Hez at 03:03 AM on 03/26/08
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@raincoaster: I go to the Starbs by the steam clock - I'm sure you know the one. If you really do want to meet for coffee tomorrow (or later this week), I'm all over it! I'll leave my deets on your profile page.
raincoaster at 09:34 PM on 03/26/08
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@Hez: KIDDING! As if I'm awake by 11! I blog for a living!
MyEasyTV at 07:47 AM on 03/27/08
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boring pictures, I'm sure they don't care that everyonés having gander.