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How to View Private Photos on Photobucket

Or, how to "fusk"

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After Mat Honan's harrowing story about having his laptop, iPad, and iPhone completely wiped by a guy who broke into his Twitter, Google, Amazon, and iCloud accounts without any real "hacking," people are starting wonder just how safe their online accounts really are. It's not too far fetched to believe that some online services have hidden holes that if exploited can really ruin your day year. One such service is Photobucket, the once popular photo storage and sharing service that everyone used back when Myspace was still poppin'.

BuzzFeed's Katie Notopoulos wrote an interesting piece on "The Dark Art of 'Fusking,'" or, for regular folk: How to see photos on Photobucket that users have set to "private." How? We'll let Katie explain:

Essentially, if you're down for a little guessing game, there's a good chance you can see some images that weren't meant for your eyes. You know the kind we're talking about. Head over to BuzzFeed's FWD to for the whole piece.

[via FWD]

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