Even though there's a
For Sale sign in the window Hulu isn't taking a break and today it unveiled a new partnership with Facebook to make its library of TV shows and movies more social. Adding Facebook Connect (competitor Netflix may be
on the board, but it's still working on
adding the button) should let the social network log you in, customize things based on preferences from you and your friends, and share time-coded likes and comments. Unfortunately what actually happened for some users was that they were suddenly given access to someone else's Hulu account, a problem documented by both
AVRev and
NewTeeVee. According to a second blog post, due to approximately 50 users being affected Hulu has shut down the program, required everyone to log in again and cranked privacy settings to the highest for anyone who logged in while it was on. Of course, with rumors from the
LA Times that Google (along with Microsoft and Yahoo) is interested in purchasing the service, maybe they can get an invite to the
Google+ party and forget the whole thing ever happened
Facebook, Hulu partnership accidentally clicks 'security breach' instead of 'Like' originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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