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I believe this has to do with the privacy changes last month, which made it so that Friends Lists can no longer be hidden. After an initial backlash, Facebook
by jkincaid 17y ago
I believe this has to do with the privacy changes last month, which made it so that Friends Lists can no longer be hidden.
After an initial backlash, Facebook made it relatively easy to remove your friends list from public search results, but it sounds like it isn't actually blocking access to them — they're just harder to find.
From Facebook's blog post ( http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=197943902130 http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=197943902130 ):
"In response to your feedback, we've improved the Friend List visibility option described below. Now when you uncheck the "Show my friends on my profile" option in the Friends box on your profile, your Friend List won't appear on your profile regardless of whether people are viewing it while logged into Facebook or logged out. This information is still publicly available, however, and can be accessed by applications. "
- imurray 17y agoThis is really dishonest of Facebook. Most people will have a reasonable (but incorrect) expectation that if a user can't see a friend list on their profile page then Facebook will stop that user from accessing that information. Why else would Facebook provide a tool that lets you see how your profile appears to other people? Facebook should properly authenticate access to the URL given in the post, and reenable blocking all applications. That is, actually respect people's privacy, not just patch things up to superficially look like it.