Everybody knows that Facebook's new hyper-connected "social by default" operating principle has generated some pretty negative feedback. (Read the comments. Not a ton of happy campers) There are even tools that let you see what data applications can see about you without your permission. 

But this is a fresh new mess for Facebook to clean up. 

TechCrunch is reporting on a simple Facebook exploit that lets you view your friends' live chats and recent friend requests.

Here's video of the exploit from YouTube user Attwood66

So somewhere in the aggregate of the last 12 months of site layout flip-flopping, not-fantastic ad targeting, continued lack of interest in user privacy, and less-than-remarkable platform security, I'm getting less enthusiastic about Facebook every day. (And I'm wondering who else feels the same)

UPDATE: Facebook is currently working on the issue, and has disabled chat while they do. 

UPDATE2: This issue has been resolved, and chat is back.