Jeremy Wagstaff found another hole in how Facebook deals with friend requests, specifically when you are contacted by someone who is not a friend.
…if you click on the profile of someone who is not a friend but has sent you a message, or asked you to be a friend. In either case, I believe, that person then gets a week’s access to your profile.
This is not good. I wonder how many other Facebook privacy issues are yet to be found?
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Alright. I’m no expert at this, but since I got divorced a few years ago I have hit a few online dating sites. For anyone who cruises these places I have one word of advice. When I put a profile up somewhere, I always post a picture. As much as people say they like an honest person with a good sense of humor, let’s face it, people always focus on looks. I am always getting these winks, and if you know what that means then you’ve been on these sites before. Anyways, I get these winks from people and when I click on their profile, no freakin picture. I mean if you’re going to look at my profile and my picture then do not expect a response if you are not going to at least post a picture. Looks are an important part of attraction. I know there are a lot of good people out there, but if you expect to win people over with your charm and wit then you are in for a world of hurt. Being honest means exposing yourself for who you are inside and out.
Looks like facebook has fixed this issue. As per the the comments on Jeremy’s blog.
Also I think facebook changed the default time from a week as you mentioned to a MONTH. The new message on facebook is “…. you will give her permission to view your list of friends, as well as your Basic, Work and Education info for one month.”