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How your ex will KNOW if you’ve been stalking their Facebook: Embarrassing glitch exposes snoopers – how to tell if you’ve been caught
- ‘Profile snoopers’ have been caught red-handed over an embarrassing glitch
- Facebook apologized for the issue and told affected users that it has been resolved
It is common practice for many of us to browse the Facebook profiles of people we are not friends with.
But so-called “profile snopers” have been caught red-handed after an embarrassing technical glitch on the social network.
The bug sent automatic friend requests to every profile people viewed, meaning users rushed to cancel them as soon as possible.
Facebook has apologized for the issue and urged users to review friend requests in their activity log.
Facebook acknowledged the issue and urged users to review friend requests in their activity log
So Facebook now automatically sends a friend request when you see someone’s profile¿. We did the test with random people and if you check your sent friend request, they will appear there¿ #Facebook pic.twitter.com/vN7r8T1uw8
— ¿MONTSE (Taylors version) (@beachybones) May 12, 2023
A spokesperson for Meta, the company headed by Mark Zuckerberg that runs Facebook, explained the issue The everyday beast.
“We’ve fixed a bug related to a recent app update that caused some Facebook friend requests to be sent inadvertently,” the spokesperson said.
“We prevented this and apologize for any inconvenience.”
An user posted a short video of the glitch in action, where the friend request is made automatically just a second after the user lands on their profile.