Deleted Photos From Facebook Still Accessible

Even as Facebook makes efforts to bolster and protect the privacy of its users, there are still many things that have gone unnoticed until users have drawn attention to them. One such thing is that a photo once deleted from Facebook, remains on the server and it remains there for months.

Apparently, the photos you may have posted online in error and have deleted from your Facebook profile, are accessible even after you delete them. Facebook accepts that it keeps them accessible for a limited period, which can be as much as even 30 months! This was recently pointed out by a Facebook user, who found that photos deleted by him around 2.5 years ago were still accessible in Facebook s CDN servers. Yet another user named Fillipo had deleted this photo in April 2009 and you can still access it.

Photos uploaded to Facebook remain on the Content Distribution Network (CDN), which stores multiple copies of the photo on serves situated at different locations around the world so that you can quickly access the photo from any geographical location. When you remove the photo from your profile, it still remains on these servers and while it won t appear in your profile, it will still be accessible if you know the image's URL.

Facebook spokesman Simon Axten said "We're working with the CDN to reduce the amount of time that the photo remains in its cache. The fix is already in place for videos, and we hope to implement it for profile pictures and photos in the coming weeks."

We hope that Facebook will act fast on this issue. Till then keep your fingers crossed and hope that no one knows the direct URLs of your deleted photos from Facebook.

Source: Ars Technica