A: Chuck Norris Q: Facebook’s Universal Password to View Your Profile

Photo Courtesy of Gizmodo websiteWe just came across a story on the Gizmodo website that, if true, is yet another disappointing example of how Facebook may be taking user privacy too lightly.

According to this recent interview with an anonymous Facebook employee, it appears that at one point in time, Facebook used to have a master password that allowed any employee to log into the Facebook service as anyone, and then see not only their profile, but also all sorts of information including what profiles they viewed and any information they had since deleted. But perhaps the most disturbing information – wait for it – is that allegedly this universal access word using numbers, letters (upper and lower), and symbols spelled Chuck Norris.  The fact that the security surrounding every Facebook user’s profile information was accessible with a password that is quite easily cracked/guessed (even with simple symbol obfuscation) is unacceptable, even if it was only usable from the Facebook offices (as was reported in the article).

The article implies that this was something that existed in the past, and no longer, but given the repeated questionable privacy moves by Facebook, what are your thoughts about the way Facebook seems to handle your privacy? The more we see and hear, the less it seems that they have your interests as a top priority. We can’t wait to hear what Jason Calacanis has to say about this.