Facebook Photo Privacy

[louisedennis]

Anyone know exactly how the album privacy settings on facebook work? I've all my albums set to "Friends Only" for a variety of reasons so was a little disturbed this morning to find a comment on one from someone not on my friends list

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[king_pellinor]

In the privacy section of settings, there's a "photos tagged of you" drop-down box, in which you can limit who gets to see them.

I don't think that affects who can see photos of the people you tag, which will depend on their own privacy settings. But you can limit who gets to know of your own shady past.

If you want privacy for your own photos, then I think tagging someone in an album is a potential route in for outside observers and so should be avoided. Although of course the better route to privacy is not to put them up on the net in the first place :-)

[louisedennis]

I'm not all that worried about my own privacy but I did worry a little about tagging people in my Old Photos Album but reassured myself that pretty much only those who already knew could see them.

And there is a difference between "Only friends" can see this photo and "Only friends and Friends of friends". Looks like I may need to read the Facebook privacy fine print (if I can find it) quite carefully.

[parrot_knight]

As I've always understood it, 'Friends Only' should mean 'Friends Only'; I am guilty for doing the tagging which drew this other person to your pictures, but I didn't know that she would actually be able to see them.

[louisedennis]

I've no problem with her seeing them, after all she is in them! but it is a feature of facebook privacy I wasn't aware of. Does this mean all her friends can also now see this photo? and more importantly, what other Facebook features can over-ride the "Friends Only setting"?

[fififolle]

I'm not entirely sure, but I know I can see pics in other people's profiles that they have been tagged in (that have nothing to do with me), but I also know that I have been tagged in photos and have been blocked access to them somehow, so it must be possible to block.

[louisedennis]

That's interesting. I wonder what's different in the settings?

[sophievdennis]

I got a bit worried after I saw your post. I do find Facebook a bit ambiguous about exactly how 'private' you can make things. So I went and trawled the Facebook FAQ for some answers

[lsellersfic]

OK, I think that's acceptable. Though I also think "Friends Only" on material I put up on Facebook should mean precisely that irrespective of what tags other people put on it - however given that said other people could also take a copy and post where the hell they like I don't see much point making a fuss.

Almost tempted to make two new facebook accounts in order to test out various what can friends of friends see combinations...

[louisedennis]

Aarrh! and I thought I was getting better at this multiple identity thing.

I may have to start using Firefox as a web browser, apparently they have a plug-in which stops you making these sorts of mistakes.