| PSA about LJ: Random access to other users' accounts |
[20111027|11:53]
Mad Scientess Jane Expat
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If you are not already aware of this, your LiveJournal is presently not secure. Some users, when they have logged in, have discovered that they have access to other users' accounts - people who are not on their friends lists. The access includes the ability to view and edit locked and private content. LiveJournal staff have yet to comment on the issue.
If anyone would, say, like to delete their LJ account temporarily but still be able to blog, I have 24 DreamWidth invite codes available. Leave a comment or e-mail me at nanila at livejournal dot com to receive one. I'll be leaving my LJ up long enough for people to respond to this today, but if the issue isn't resolved before that, I'll be deleting until it's fixed.
ETA on 28/10/2011: It appears that the random access issue has been fixed. |
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Well this explains why my LJ menu was in Russian a few days ago. :/
Yes, apparently the random access only lasted a few minutes (see link in edited entry). So that's a bit of a relief, although it's still a pretty serious security breach.
i'd like an invite please
Thankyou. Signal boosted.
Cool. See the update - apparently the random access glitch only lasted for three minutes. Still a worrying security breach, but it means I won't be deleting temporarily.
That's what they're claiming, but that's not what the various user reports indicate. Instances of the problem were reported several hours apart, and apparently gave users more access to things than LJ are admitting to. =:o{ http://lj-maintenance.livejournal.com/131843.html#commentsAnd to add insult to injury, the recent changes have also broken the mechanism for exporting data from one's journal to (a) other sites (such as DreamWidth) or (b) a backup on one's own PC. So people who would like to backup their journals in preparation for jumping ship if necessary, can't. Gosh, what a clever way to stir up paranoia amongst the users! =:o\ Major, major screw-up.
They've broken the export function?! Greeeat. OK, I may just have to take a week or something to bung all my old photos onto Picasa and replace the links in my DW so there's nothing on LJ any more, and then I can stop paying them. GAH.
Gah. Thanks for the tip off. Xx
You're welcome. It looks like it's been fixed now.
So are you going to stay or go? I'll take a dreamwidth code if you're going to go...
I wouldn't mind facebooking you sometime either...
Even if I had gone, it would only have been until the random access glitch was fixed. It lasted for three minutes, apparently (see updated entry).
As for FB, I rarely use it. I can only be bothered to log in once a week for about five minutes to check on family members, so it isn't a good way to get in touch with me! (Deleted comment)
Yes, well, that said, there was a whole lot more in that update that still seems to be broken. For instance, the first time I typed this comment, I got logged out in the middle of it. :/ | |
