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Website exposes embarrassing Facebook posts by users with low privacy settings

Posted on May 14, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Michael Oliveira reports:

A new website is exposing embarrassing and potentially job-threatening Facebook messages posted by users who probably don’t realize their privacy settings are turned off.

There are posts with people brazenly admitting to playing hooky from work and others pull no punches in making fun of their bosses. Some are of a very personal nature, falling into the category of too much information.

The founders of FacebookSearch, which started Thursday, say they have no malicious intentions and simply hope to show naive Facebook users that there are real consequences to not guarding their privacy online.

Read more in the Winnipeg Free Press.

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