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Topic started on 24-9-2012 @ 06:19 PM by azamber

Facebook reveals users' personal messages on public timeline

www.rawstory.com

Messages that were once private communications began showing up in users’ 2011 and earlier timelines, which are posted as wall messages “posted by friends.” Users can take them out of public view by clicking on the Edit option and selecting “Hide from Timeline.”
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reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 06:19 PM by azamber

I physically got ill after reading this and immediately deactivated and requested deletion of my primary account. I suggest everyone with an account at the very least, delete your complete message histories.

I hope people leave the site in droves and Mark Zuckerberg goes broke. This is beyond disgusting.

www.rawstory.com
(visit the link for the full news article)

I don't know why this showed up as two separate posts.

edit on 9/24/2012 by azamber because: (no reason given)

reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 06:23 PM by littled16

reply to post by azamber

Thank you for the heads up!

I don't use Facebook but my kids and other friends and relatives do.
I will inform them posthaste!

reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 06:27 PM by Destinyone

I shared this story and link on my fb account, I only use to post crap about FB on....

TY for the story.

Des

reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 06:29 PM by zilebeliveunknown

reply to post by azamber

You know what, I like it, I like the fact that no matter what mistakes in the past we made, we are able to bang our heads of the wall infinitely.

reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 06:33 PM by CoherentlyConfused

I'm guessing if you've got something that you don't want out in the "public" for viewing or knowing about, you don't post it on FB, period. Heck, I don't even use my home email for really private conversations because you never know who could be listening. Every time I read these types of things, the more I am satisfied with my decision to never use the stupid thing.

reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 06:37 PM by haven123

iv been facebook free for a few years now.never felt better

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reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 06:48 PM by azamber

reply to post by CoherentlyConfused

These were private messages, like email.

reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 06:52 PM by VoidHawk

I'm one of those highly suspicious people who dont have a face book account

reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 06:53 PM by Juggernog

I try and post this link in any thread about facebook.

Delete

reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 06:59 PM by stumason

Originally posted by azamber

I physically got ill after reading this and immediately deactivated and requested deletion of my primary account. I suggest everyone with an account at the very least, delete your complete message histories.

I hope people leave the site in droves and Mark Zuckerberg goes broke. This is beyond disgusting.

A slight over-reaction on your part, it would seem. It would appear that the rumours of this are actually false.

www.bbc.co.uk...

From my own PoV, none of my private messages have shown up in this manner. It does beg the question, did you even check to see if yours had or was your account deletion a knee-jerk reaction to a rumour?

reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 07:07 PM by azamber

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They are denying it, but many users have already confirmed it, and I have also seen what look like private messages on a friend's profile, but haven't been able to contact them to confirm.

I KNOW what I've written, and if I had seen it on my profile or on my friend's I would have been in a much worse place right now. Immediate deletion was the only way to prevent the possibility of my messages showing up on other's walls that I could think of.

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reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 07:27 PM by Zarniwoop

Yet another Facebook privacy mistake.

This one is likely just a bug that they'll lie about while they fix it.

Their stock is down to 20 and change today. Perhaps this horrible experiment will go away soon.

reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 07:28 PM by azamber

Here's another article that talks to users who have confirmed this is, in fact, NOT a rumor. Facebook flooded with complaints after messages 'bug'
I am seeing a lot of what look like private messages on my friend's walls. (I have a second account) this could have devastating consequences for people and relationships.

reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 07:31 PM by Destinyone

Originally posted by azamber
Here's another article that talks to users who have confirmed this is, in fact, NOT a rumor. Facebook flooded with complaints after messages 'bug'
I am seeing a lot of what look like private messages on my friend's walls. (I have a second account) this could have devastating consequences for people and relationships.

I work with a Women's Abuse forum. Women who are being stalked by their ex's are in potential danger due to this *bug*.

Des

reply posted on 24-9-2012 @ 07:41 PM by olaru12

Any one that post private stuff on FB, ATS, Twitter etc is a fool.

but for your information I just shared a BP&J sandwitch with my lover and we didn't have a stitch of clothes on and I just cracked open a jug of Cuervo gold and it's about to get funky.