Facebook privacy loophole allowed personal data of 'closed' group members to be downloaded
Grouply.io Chrome extension allowed sensitive data to be accessed by marketers
Facebook has since closed the privacy loophole
A Chrome browser extension called Grouply.io allowed marketers to harvest the personal information of members of private Facebook groups. The loophole was investigated by security researcher Fred Trotter....
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