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The article doesn't make it clear, are these direct-link photos still subject to the permissions set on them? Would setting a photo's permission to "Only Me" prior to deleting it work around Facebook's failure? If they aren't subject to the photo's permissions, that's a giant security hole, or am I misunderstanding?


I don't think permissions apply since the files in question are served from a CDN.


For example, this photo is only visibly by me,

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=706480749906

You can see it if I give you the special link which skips the permission check,

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=706480749906&l=a5...

Or on the CDN, which doesn't know about permissions,

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/432125_706480...




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