*FYI* Facebook publicly displaying old private messages on your Timeline!

http://www.rageagainsttheminivan.com...s-private.html

Don't believe me? Check for yourself!! All my private messages from 2011 and earlier were displayed publicly on my timeline.

Facebook is denying that this has happened and is saying that these are just old wall posts that we forgot about. This is completely false!

Please, for those of you who use facebook, go to your timeline and hide your private information!

Glitch maybe, my timeline does not show any personal messages and the only person claiming this has happened is rageagainsttheminivan...hmmm

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Glitch maybe, my timeline does not show any personal messages

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Perhaps, but about 10 of my friends had them displayed publicly. Did you look at years previous to 2011?


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I am going to some of my friends accounts and sure enough, private messages that I have sent them are displayed publicly! I am 110% certain that these are PMs and not wall posts.

Are they showing for you when you are viewing your page, or when.someone else is?

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Originally Posted by jbean7916

Are they showing for you when you are viewing your page, or when.someone else is?

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Both. I already hid all of it though.

My timelines straight. No private messages displayed here! :)

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

Perhaps, but about 10 of my friends had them displayed publicly. Did you look at years previous to 2011?


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I am going to some of my friends accounts and sure enough, private messages that I have sent them are displayed publicly! I am 110% certain that these are PMs and not wall posts.

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Not one single private message in 2011, 2010 or 2009 shows on my timeline...not sure what to say but it isn't happening to me :confusd:

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Not one single private message in 2011, 2010 or 2009 shows on my timeline...not sure what to say but it isn't happening to me :confusd:

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Me either....

All mine were showing. Thank you for posting this Steffe!

Edit: It shows up as a lump story "so and so and 40 others posted on your timeline!" with a text box full of PM messages. Mine were showing from 2011, 2010, and 2009

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Jerry, I think I can see yours as well. But you would have to verify it's your PMs.

I don't think it affects everyone, but you all should thoroughly check just to be safe.

Just scrolling through some of my friends old "wall posts" I am finding messages that are clearly meant to be private... Messages between myself and these people as well as messages between them and other friends..

I am glad to hear some of you are unaffected.

yeah Jerry, from what I can tell you do have some PMs posted. I might be wrong, but they look like personal messages from your daughter?

I went though my whole time line back to the year I joined and it was perfectly fine.

Mine showed up on the right side right under the "2011" / whatever year banner. It said "Friends 2011" and had a list of different messages. This is where all my PMs showed up.

I don't see anything on my fb. Hopefully I didn't miss anything.

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I noticed things that appeared private under the "friends" table in 2009-2011, but also seemed more like they were posts/replies to pictures

I can find that area as well, but I only see old wall posts. I think the OP is confused.

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Originally Posted by TJ_Burton

I can find that area as well, but I only see old wall posts. I think the OP is confused.

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Mine were definitely not old wall posts. Most of them were wall posts, but a good bit were not. They were personal PMs including pm's that had personal info in it (like a friend giving me their number, and private conversations regarding our business). Normally I would chalk this up to me not remembering them being wall posts, but some of those I specifically remember about business discussions.

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Originally Posted by TJ_Burton

I can find that area as well, but I only see old wall posts. I think the OP is confused.

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I am not confused. I can assure you of that. My private information was publicly displayed.

I had some pm's from friends 2011 that were showing as well. I assure you, none of them were just wall posts, they were pm's that were not meant to be public. Thank you for bringing this to may attention. I am glad that many of you aren't having this issue, but unfortunately, I am.

Any time you enter information these days you sign off to legal ownership of it. It's something you really don't think about most of the time and has become pretty normal. When you download an app and accept permissions you let them have access to all kinds of info about yourself. This isn't normally an issue but it comes down to only giving permissions to people you trust.

Over time I have lost all trust in Facebook.

Where have you guys been finding your PMs? I just want to make double check.

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Originally Posted by MrLang

Any time you enter information these days you sign off to legal ownership of it. It's something you really don't think about most of the time and has become pretty normal. When you download an app and accept permissions you let them have access to all kinds of info about yourself. This isn't normally an issue but it comes down to only giving permissions to people you trust.

Over time I have lost all trust in Facebook.

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I don't trust it either but there is a difference between just facebook seeing my PMs and everyone on my friends list seeing my PMs. One I don't care about, the other I care about a lot!

Thank you, mine was jacked up.

I noticed it as well just now. You find it past 2011 near the top of the 'year' It's a box that says 'Friends 2011' or whatever the year is, and is a compilation of posts made to you. Some are just wall posts, like birthday greetings, but I noticed random PM replies mixed in. That is evil. I've removed them all from timeline and will be checking my friends pages as well and posting a general notice about it on my page.

Thank you to the OP for bringing this to attention! Most people don't look past the current year on their page.

And I stopped trusting FB long ago... don't post any personal info to anyone anymore and only PM basic conversations now, but still... geez, what they won't sink to next. Main reason I'm still on it is because so many of my friends are as well it's the only place I can contact them. :) But personal stuff is in the past!

Again, thanks for the heads up!

Whoa! You were totally right! Thanks for the heads up. Some of those were private for a REASON. At first, I just thought I was seeing all the posts on my wall from previous years "lumped", but then suddenly a very private message appeared and I was like..."Uh oh..., hopefully no one has been creepin lately." lol. But really, thank you for the heads up. I had one for every year since I started using facebook. Creepy. I hate Timeline.

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Originally Posted by MrLang

Over time I have lost all trust in Facebook.

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^^this. exactly why i left Facebook.

Just one more reason I'm glad I don't have Facebook.....

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I found some stuff from 2009 that was NOT supposed to be there. Thanks for this.

Mine is jacked too. I have to go back through all of my posts and hide them. THANKS AGAIN FACEBOOK! No wonder their stock is tanking...

Yeah facebook is pretty evil...I'm not as afraid of them stealing my information as I am about unwanted people seeing private info!

I keep my info very private and when things like this happen it really pisses me off. Especially the fact that facebook is denying it even though many people are having this problem.



So. Who wants to be friends on facebook?? haha

I didn't catch any private messages being displayed, but it did highlight friend's posts on my wall. LOL, I need to delete some ex-girlfriend stuff! :P

I don't have anything in my feed, that's really weird.

Ugh...thanks for the heads up.
I better go check now.

Well, as far as I can tell I don't have anything like that. Good thing I'm gunshy and don't really share private information on the 'net if I can help it. Now if my PM's from here show up there, that might be a issue.

Gale

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

So. Who wants to be friends on facebook?? haha

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Ooooo pick me! :D

Are you tryna say you wouldnt feel comfortable if our convos were displayed publicly?! hahaha :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Ooooo pick me! :D

Are you tryna say you wouldnt feel comfortable if our convos were displayed publicly?! hahaha :rolleyes:

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Haha, I don't want any of my convos displayed publicly! I'm sure you can understand why! ;)

This is what I wrote and posted on my FB page:

**ATTENTION ALL** Look closely at your Timelines!
A potentially serious privacy breech has been discovered. From 2011 back, there is a box at the top of the 'year' called 'Friends 2011' or whatever the year happens to be. It displays posts your friends have made to you...but some people have been finding Private Message posts among the wall posts here, myself included! PLEASE double check your timelines for past years and make sure this is not happening to you! Private messages should be just that - Private!
I learned of this from a friend on a forum, and checked my own page. This is real! So share it around and spread the word!!

Do the same! We need to make people aware of this...and have more proof for the stupid admins to get it fixed. :)

Hmm...

I filtered through some messages... didn't see anything personal, but I pressed the HIDE button though just to be sure on all of the past years.

If you are concerened about stuff like this make sure you delete any 3rd party APPS that you are using or authorized to view and use your information!!

Privacy Settings >> Ads, Apps and Websites.. >> Apps You Use >> Then remove authorized Apps.

Had the same problem and I posted the "warning" on my wall.