The History of Facebook’s Privacy Problem

Facebook was established in 2004. Today, 2.27 billion individuals use the social network each month. Facebook is supposed to protect the personal information of these users. The bad news is Facebook has a lengthy history of security failings and data breaches.

During the last thirteen years, the personal data of two billion users has been compromised. Facebook is being targeted by cybercriminals and hackers. This is due to their concept of privacy and security. Facebook has established a reputation for neglecting their users’ privacy and data security.

Timeline of Facebook Data Breaches or Security Vulnerabilities

December 2005 — Scraping Data from Facebook

A script was published by a research team from MIT, which demonstrated the privacy threats associated with over-sharing. Downloading user data from the network was possible. The research team acquired personal data from Facebook for 70,000 profiles and then posted that data online. The argument was similar activities are performed by businesses.

December 2007 — Facebook Beacon

Facebook Beacon was a new product released by Facebook in 2007. This idea was to assist advertisers in understanding their…