As he had announced in February, Facebook revised its system for storing files on its platform: the objective was to ensure a more rapid disappearance of files in its cache. Now, the photos deleted by users disappear permanently after one month.
It is the site Ars Technica, which in 2009 had questioned the time to alleviation of photos on Facebook ... to discover, in February 2012 , that the social network had not yet completely erased snapshots deleted 3 years earlier by the user. A finding that prompted Facebook to announce the arrival of a new backup system, more efficient.
Three and a half years later, Ars Technica completes its investigation and announced that Facebook has finally solved the problem. "By working on our policy and infrastructure, we have established a maximum period of 30 days (for deleting files) on our network of content distribution," said the social networking site. "As you know, the pictures no longer be shown to other Facebook users as they are removed by their owners. The 30-day period applies only to images cached on the servers. "Frederic Wolens, Facebook spokesman, said that in most cases, the pictures disappear within less than that given.
The news follows a lengthy investigation, and that sounds like a small victory for advocates of privacy. Still, if the issue of storing images in the cache of Facebook seems settled, it is only a drop in the sea of information packets recorded by the social network when a user publishes or registered something on his wall.
It is the site Ars Technica, which in 2009 had questioned the time to alleviation of photos on Facebook ... to discover, in February 2012 , that the social network had not yet completely erased snapshots deleted 3 years earlier by the user. A finding that prompted Facebook to announce the arrival of a new backup system, more efficient.
Three and a half years later, Ars Technica completes its investigation and announced that Facebook has finally solved the problem. "By working on our policy and infrastructure, we have established a maximum period of 30 days (for deleting files) on our network of content distribution," said the social networking site. "As you know, the pictures no longer be shown to other Facebook users as they are removed by their owners. The 30-day period applies only to images cached on the servers. "Frederic Wolens, Facebook spokesman, said that in most cases, the pictures disappear within less than that given.
The news follows a lengthy investigation, and that sounds like a small victory for advocates of privacy. Still, if the issue of storing images in the cache of Facebook seems settled, it is only a drop in the sea of information packets recorded by the social network when a user publishes or registered something on his wall.
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