Your Private Facebook Might Not Be So Private…

facebook.jpgI don’t really see the point of having a private profile on Facebook. It’s like having a security system in the suburbs — it’s needless protection. And also anti – social!

Private profiles are especially aggravating when all I want to do is see the profile of my ex – boyfriend’s new girlfriend and it’s locked down like Paris Hilton circa last week.

What makes you so special that you have a protected profile, hmmm? You’re not a celebrity or a minor socialite. You’re not even that pretty!

Sorry. I digress.

But: good news! There’s a loophole! Yesterday a computer – security – nerd found that it is possible to access so – called “private” profiles through searches based on sexual orientation, religion and/or relationship status. To make your profile totally inaccessible, you have to change your search settings in addition to your privacy settings.

Tricky, Facebook, tricky! It’s like they wanted me to find out that my ex – boyfriend’s new girlfriend is a bisexual Wiccan in an open relationship. And that, Mark Zuckerberg, is internet serendipity.

2 Comments on "Your Private Facebook Might Not Be So Private…"

  1. Kim says:
    Tue, 25th Dec 20076:37 am 

    Does this still work?

  2. Michael says:
    Sun, 19th Apr 20096:21 pm 

    They fixed that bug, but there is a new bug now. Facebook really isn’t that private at all.
    http://howtoviewprivatefacebookprofiles.com/

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