A Pulse employee discovered a security hole in Oink on Friday, which allows anyone to download personal information belonging to another, just by knowing their username.

A Pulse employee discovered a security hole in Oink on Friday, which allows anyone to download personal information belonging to another, just by knowing their username.

PCMag was able to confirm the breach the same way Cristina Cordova, a former Google employee now working in business development for Pulse, did: by downloading the photos and rankings of Milk Inc. and Digg founder Kevin Rose.

The folder was also tagged with Rose's Gmail address.

The exploit uses the format of the user's username in a ZIP file: "http://oink-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/USERNAME-export.zip". Cordova simply replaced her name with that of Rose. PCMag was able to verify the exploit for Milk co-founder Daniel Burka as well.

"I began thinking about what access I gave to Oink  did I somehow allow them to make all of my data publicly available without my consent?" Cordova wrote. "Well, I tried exploring their privacy page, but it seems to conveniently redirect to their data export page. I hope in the Milk team's next steps at Google, they place a higher value on user data and privacy."

At press time, Oink had neither addressed the breach on its website nor on its Twitter account.

Oink after the Milk team declared the app a "test" that had run its course. Google then that Rose and the team had joined the company, after in the week.

Oink was originally founded with the hope of bypassing the hierarchy of location-only preference and focus on the experiences and products offered at those locations. Essentially, the app was designed to be a "decision engine" that eased the process of making choices when you're out and about. Frequent "Oinkers" also gained reputation points.

"Thank you so much to everyone who joined and contributed to Oink. You have been the heart of Oink," the company added. "We are extremely grateful for all of your effort finding and rating the best things in the places around you. We've discovered thousands of awesome pizzas, pastas, coffees, teas... and roller coasters, zoo exhibits, paintings, sculptures, vistas... and sodas, salads, sliders, soups... and so much more."

That's exactly what Rose contributed to the service, according to the downloaded file. The breach was reminiscent of a to public view.

Among Rose's photos: many, many photos of exotic food and locations, a picture or two of his dog and girlfriend in a bikini, and an odd, headless lamp thing (pictured).