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Rumor: Facebook Employees Are Modifying User Profiles

Started by Nick O'Neill · 10 months ago

According to a Valleywag post from yesterday, a Facebook employee reportedly modified a user’s profile picture to a graphic image after looking up her password and logging into her account. In a follow-up post, Nicholas Carlson has published a copy of his inquiry to the named Facebo ... Continue reading »

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  • This is a rumor and has not been substantiated - don't you think your title is a little too certain? The story reported in the linked article isn't even believable (imo).
  • Whether or not they are modifying the profiles, it has long been known that Facebook employees have access to their database. This is the real problem here.
  • Nick,
    Chill buddy. This is thin ice you are walking on my friend. Don't follow Valleywag down the toliet.

    I am sure they have a security policy and officer.
  • Would modifying the title to say "Rumor" make this legitimate? Facebook has said that any malicious actions by employees will be reprimanded and appropriate actions will be taken. All I did was link to their article. ... I'll switch the title to say "Rumor:" but aside from that I'm using Valleywag as the source.

    The majority of people reading this blog know that Valleywag is a rumor mill.
  • Additionally, if they really have this policy in place why doesn't Facebook make a statement on it? Their current privacy policy makes no suggestion that they restrict access.

    For more, read this article:
    http://jobmatchbox.com/2007/09/22/why-i-stopped...
  • If (a big "if") the VW rumors and follow-up are substantiated, this is definitely newsworthy: Facebook deleting someone's account for publicly criticizing them.

    If they delete your profile for talking about the VW vs. Facebook spat, that is flat-out ridiculous.
  • To Rodney's point - Facebook has a Chief Privacy Officer, but he hasn't done anything to improve their Security and Privacy policies since Nick quoted my story a month ago. Here is the story, it breaks out their privacy and security polciies and compares them to other popular sites like MySpace, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft...you decide:

    http://jobmatchbox.com/2007/09/22/why-i-stopped...
  • Valleywag is a rag, we all know it. I'm not entirely certain why you're giving them such credence.

    Do we have ANY evidence that this woman's profile was changed?

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