<p>Facebook has been forced to disable a messaging feature after a Welsh student uncovered a flaw allowing him to read strangers' private messages.</p><p>The New Year's Midnight Delivery feature was set up on Facebook Stories to enable users to write messages to friends to be automatically sent after midnight.</p><p>Aberystwyth University student Jack Jenkins discovered that by tweaking the Url after sending a message, he could read and even delete other users' messages.</p><p>He blogged about the error, writing: "I just wanted to share this. I don't know how a site like Facebook can continue to take these kinds of risks. PLEASE Don't go deleting random messages, but try and delete one of mine that I set up especially if you want."</p><p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-deals-with-messaging-flaw-8434140.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9773240/Facebook-fixes-flawed-New-Year-messaging-tool.html">Facebook fixes flawed New Year messaging tool</a> (Telegraph.co.uk)</p><p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2012/12/31/just-in-time-facebook-restores-new-years-messaging-service-after-plugging-privacy-loophole/">Just in time: Facebook restores New Year's messaging service after plugging ...</a> (The Next Web)</p><p><a href="http://www.valuewalk.com/2012/12/facebook-disables-new-year-messaging-tool/">Facebook Disables New Year Messaging Tool</a> (ValueWalk)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAhQBzDuULM8UAMpda33RS0Po84sM&ned=us">95 additional articles.</a></p>