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Re: Following Data Leak, Facebook Proposes Encryption for UIDs
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:04:48 -0400
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Robert Slade <rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:
"In response to a discovery earlier this week that some Facebook applications were inadvertently sharing user information to third parties, Facebook engineers are proposing that Facebook UIDs become encrypted." Oh, gee, some real genius must have thought of that! "Under the new proposal, the parameters that are passed back to iFrame-based applications will be encrypted using an application’s secret key, meaning that only the actual application will be able to read the information and accidental disclosures over HTTP headers will no longer be possible."
Hmmm... Like the oracle padding attacks? I'd like to hear more details on the implementation. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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