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Ask HN: Someone liked one of my photos on Facebook. Friends only. but she is not

13 points by easy_rider 13y ago

Someone managed to like a photo I've uploaded. I checked out her profile, but she is not a friend with me or mutual friend of anyone.. Anyway she liked a funny picture I've uploaded as a photo, and now i'm confused. The pic is uploaded with privacy setting "Friends except acquaintances". Is there any FB exploit roaming around that I'm not aware of or is this some funky bug? Maybe some privacy stuff I am unaware of? http://i.imgur.com/b8LJmO6.png

easy_rider 13y ago
Pic or it didn't happen: (Obviously I sent out the friend request after I saw it). No friends, no mutual, whole different country.. /edit Second one, where you can see the privacy setting. And for more fun I left the URL unsmudged. So you can now all like my pic(?) /edit2 woops.. http://i.imgur.com/b8LJmO6.png http://i.imgur.com/b8LJmO6.png
- nmc 13y ago
  Your "pic" also shows us half a dozen of your friend's names (in the right column) and one conversation mini-window (at the bottom, in Dutch) under the Facebook overlay. I advise you crop/blur those parts.
  - easy_rider 13y ago
    Thanks for the heads-up. I always miss something gah :)
moioci 13y ago
Maybe one of your friends tagged her in the photo. This would allow her to see it. I think it would allow her to "Like" it as well.
- easy_rider 13y ago
  But I would see that tag, no?
byoung2 13y ago
That sounds like a worse version of a bug my wife found. She uploaded a vacation bikini pic set to friends only. Her friend liked the pic, and was friends with my wife's coworker. All of her coworkers saw the bikini pic. In your case this person has no connection at all.
- BlackDeath3 13y ago
  Could somebody with a better understanding of how Facebook works explain how this happens? Is it unexpectedly difficult to implement some sort of whitelist or something?
  - easy_rider 13y ago
    I've sent an inquiry to FB. (Report problem>privacy ) Not that I expect anything to come out of it.
virjog 13y ago
Is it possible for Tanja to have seen the photo in Ticker from a mutual friend who liked your photo? Or does Ticker adhere to the privacy restriction as well?
- easy_rider 13y ago
  But wouldn't I have a "x mutual friend(s)" displayed on Tanja her profile page, if we would have a mutual friend?
annawright010 13y ago
http://www.r4i3dscards.co.uk http://www.r4i3dscards.co.uk
anywherenotes 13y ago
Is it possible you had a mutual friend, and either she unfriended them, or she got unfriended? You can try asking her, maybe she knows how it happened.

13 points by easy_rider 13y ago

easy_rider 13y ago

Pic or it didn't happen: (Obviously I sent out the friend request after I saw it). No friends, no mutual, whole different country.. /edit Second one, where you can see the privacy setting. And for more fun I left the URL unsmudged. So you can now all like my pic(?) /edit2 woops.. http://i.imgur.com/b8LJmO6.png http://i.imgur.com/b8LJmO6.png

nmc 13y ago
Your "pic" also shows us half a dozen of your friend's names (in the right column) and one conversation mini-window (at the bottom, in Dutch) under the Facebook overlay. I advise you crop/blur those parts.
- easy_rider 13y ago
  Thanks for the heads-up. I always miss something gah :)

moioci 13y ago

Maybe one of your friends tagged her in the photo. This would allow her to see it. I think it would allow her to "Like" it as well.

easy_rider 13y ago
But I would see that tag, no?

byoung2 13y ago

That sounds like a worse version of a bug my wife found. She uploaded a vacation bikini pic set to friends only. Her friend liked the pic, and was friends with my wife's coworker. All of her coworkers saw the bikini pic. In your case this person has no connection at all.

BlackDeath3 13y ago
Could somebody with a better understanding of how Facebook works explain how this happens? Is it unexpectedly difficult to implement some sort of whitelist or something?
- easy_rider 13y ago
  I've sent an inquiry to FB. (Report problem>privacy ) Not that I expect anything to come out of it.

virjog 13y ago

Is it possible for Tanja to have seen the photo in Ticker from a mutual friend who liked your photo? Or does Ticker adhere to the privacy restriction as well?

easy_rider 13y ago
But wouldn't I have a "x mutual friend(s)" displayed on Tanja her profile page, if we would have a mutual friend?

annawright010 13y ago

http://www.r4i3dscards.co.uk http://www.r4i3dscards.co.uk

anywherenotes 13y ago

Is it possible you had a mutual friend, and either she unfriended them, or she got unfriended? You can try asking her, maybe she knows how it happened.