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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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  • Chris Kennedy

    1 year ago

    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).
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  • Nick O'Neill

    1 year ago

    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.
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  • Rodney_Rumford

    1 year ago

    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.
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  • Nick O'Neill

    1 year ago

    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.
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  • Nick O'Neill

    1 year ago

    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...
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  • Joe Grossberg

    1 year ago

    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.
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  • Bob

    1 year ago

    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...
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  • Teresa Valdez Klein

    1 year ago

    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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