Facebook Finally Deletes Millions of Embarrassing Pictures from Its Servers After Years of Keeping Them Against Users' Wishes
Facebook finally deletes millions of embarrassing pictures from its servers after years of keeping them against users ' wishes
Issue of accessible 'deleted ' photos was first raised three years ago
Facebook now says pictures will be permanently removed from its server within a maximum of 30 days
[pic]26 August 2012 dailymail.co.uk
Facebook users who delete inappropriate or embarrassing images from their accounts - with the the benefit of hindsight - can now have peace of mind that the files will be permanently destroyed.
Until recently, any pictures erased from an account would in fact remain stored by Facebook and anyone who had the direct link to that picture could therefore still view it. The news may come as some relief to young people in the throws of trying get a job or impress a new employer, knowing that many companies today show an interest in the social network accounts of their staff.
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Until recently any pictures deleted by an account holder would remain stored on Facebook 's server and accessible with the correct link
Pictures now erased by an account user will be permanently wiped from the system within 14 days, but with a potential maximum delay of 30 days. They will be immediately removed from view on a user 's account from the moment they delete the picture. 'It has taken them a very long time to do it because this change probably represents a huge engineering effort, ' said Cambridge PhD student, Joseph Bonneau, quoted in The Sunday Times. It was three years ago that the 28-year-old discovered that pictures he had deleted from the site were still available for all to see if they had saved a link to them. 'The lesson hopefully to other companies is to build in privacy right form the start, because if you don 't get it right first time, it can be a huge effort to fix, ' he said. At a time when unemployment is high and job security
Issue of accessible 'deleted ' photos was first raised three years ago
Facebook now says pictures will be permanently removed from its server within a maximum of 30 days
[pic]26 August 2012 dailymail.co.uk
Facebook users who delete inappropriate or embarrassing images from their accounts - with the the benefit of hindsight - can now have peace of mind that the files will be permanently destroyed.
Until recently, any pictures erased from an account would in fact remain stored by Facebook and anyone who had the direct link to that picture could therefore still view it. The news may come as some relief to young people in the throws of trying get a job or impress a new employer, knowing that many companies today show an interest in the social network accounts of their staff.
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Until recently any pictures deleted by an account holder would remain stored on Facebook 's server and accessible with the correct link
Pictures now erased by an account user will be permanently wiped from the system within 14 days, but with a potential maximum delay of 30 days. They will be immediately removed from view on a user 's account from the moment they delete the picture. 'It has taken them a very long time to do it because this change probably represents a huge engineering effort, ' said Cambridge PhD student, Joseph Bonneau, quoted in The Sunday Times. It was three years ago that the 28-year-old discovered that pictures he had deleted from the site were still available for all to see if they had saved a link to them. 'The lesson hopefully to other companies is to build in privacy right form the start, because if you don 't get it right first time, it can be a huge effort to fix, ' he said. At a time when unemployment is high and job security