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06-03-2014, 02:50 AM
Your Private Facebook Friends List Isn't Actually That Private
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There appear to be some things on Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) you just can't hide.
The social network allows you to set the visibility of your friends list, so if you want to keep that list private, you can do so by setting the list visibility to "Only Me." The problem is that other users can still see some of your friends even if they can't access the full list, and while Facebook explains some of this on the privacy setting screen, the "Only Me" setting doesn't actually limit your friends list to only you.
See also: Facebook's News Feed: What Changed and Why (http://mashable.com/2014/04/16/news-feed-changes/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
For starters, you can see if you have mutual friends with a**ther user even if that user's friends list is set to private. That means that you are able to see a sampling of that user's connections even if they've changed the privacy setting to "Only Me." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/facebook-friends-list-privacy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Facebook Privacy (http://mashable.com/category/facebook-privacy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Friends List (http://mashable.com/category/friends-list/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Cyberint (http://mashable.com/category/cyberint/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/VVnde1Yu0-c
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There appear to be some things on Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) you just can't hide.
The social network allows you to set the visibility of your friends list, so if you want to keep that list private, you can do so by setting the list visibility to "Only Me." The problem is that other users can still see some of your friends even if they can't access the full list, and while Facebook explains some of this on the privacy setting screen, the "Only Me" setting doesn't actually limit your friends list to only you.
See also: Facebook's News Feed: What Changed and Why (http://mashable.com/2014/04/16/news-feed-changes/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
For starters, you can see if you have mutual friends with a**ther user even if that user's friends list is set to private. That means that you are able to see a sampling of that user's connections even if they've changed the privacy setting to "Only Me." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/facebook-friends-list-privacy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Facebook Privacy (http://mashable.com/category/facebook-privacy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Friends List (http://mashable.com/category/friends-list/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Cyberint (http://mashable.com/category/cyberint/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/VVnde1Yu0-c