Facebook Sharing privacy question

[beaucoup]

I posted a photo to my wall with custom settings so only 15 certain people can see the photo. There is nothing wrong with the photo. Nothing embarassing. No nudity. Just that the person in the photo doesn't want their photo all over the internet and have no idea what might be done with it.

Well, within a minute, one of the people "shared" it to their very public wall. Due to the business nature of his FB page, I'm sure he was it set up as everyone can see things.

That means everyone can now see the photo I worked so hard at keeping "private", right?

To kill his share, I immediately deleted my photo. I think that worked as I don't see it on his wall anymore.

Then I sent him a nice message explaining privacy & etiquette or sharing other people pictures without at least asking them first.

Lesson learned. NOTHING is private on FB no matter how hard you try. Now I need to inform the person in the photo what happened.

 

[Kathi OD]

Did you set your privacy settings so that only friends can see what is shared?

 

[Acklander]

True enough, which is why I don't put anything questionable on facebook. As far as regular pictures - to be honest, I don't care who sees them or shares them. Unless you know me, I don't know why you'd even want to look at them.

 

[beaucoup]

Did you set your privacy settings so that only friends can see what is shared?

My wall photos album is set as Friends, but I went further & have lists set up to use at certain times with certain photos & certain posts.

This photo used one of the Custom settings allowing just those 15 people to see it.

So, are you saying that because its in an album with a Friends setting, that all my friends can see it regardless of the fact that I used a custom setting when posting the photo?

And what about when he shared it? I'm more worried about HIS wall than mine.

If it were my photo, I wouldn't care as much, but its not mine, and the person in the photo has certain wishes I was trying to fulfill. Trying to learn so something like this won't happen again. Obviously, maybe I need to remove the sharer. LOL

 

[shortbun]

No Facebook here. A very wise computer person who has done some hacking in his day told me that Facebook's security is easily broken. Can't you just design a website or photopage to share your photos. Or-how about sending pics via email to those you want to see the pics? To me, Facebook is an open and aggressive invitation for the world to see and read whatever you post.

 

[720L]

You can check what other people see on your wall under "account",privacy settings, view settings, then choose "preview my profile"....enter the people you are wondering about how they see your wall and it shows their view of your wall, pictures, etc.

 

[Northstar]

The person who shared your photo had no way of knowing that (s)he was one of a very few who could see that photo, or that it was private. Because you uploaded it to the Internet, it doesn't seem unreasonable to assume that it was okay to share it.

I think you'd have to include a caption saying "please don't share any of my pics without asking me."

 

[RadioNate]

Op you are correct. While you did everything correct to limit views when you posted the picture the "sharing" negated that. When the friend shared the pic on his wall it was/is visible to what ever his settings are.

On your page the 15 people were the only ones to see it. On his page w/out knowing his settings you can't be sure who saw it.

That is the danger in sharing. The sharer should have gotten a warning that his share might interfere with privacy settings you set up.

In the future I'd either remove the sharer from photos that require this much security, specifically ask that the photo not be shared or simply don't post them on FB.

 

[bicker]

I apply privacy settings to photos and videos all the time, and my friends and family do Share them (probably specifying share with "Everyone") - and the photos and videos are not visible to anyone other than the people I restricted them to. My friends would have to download them somehow and the re-upload another copy to get around my privacy restriction.

 

[DebbieB]

I was just looking at the choices: Everyone, Friends of Friends, Friends only and Other. I have all mine set for Friends only.

 

[bicker]

Right... so basically it works like an intersection: In order for a friend of a friend to see the photo, you would have to have made it available to that user (by setting security to Friend of Friend or Everyone) and the mutual friend would have to have shared the photo with them.

 

[jsmith]

NOTHING POSTED on the internet-anywhere on the internet is ever private again-privacy and security settings on any website are pretty meaningless-and anything you post on face book becomes the property of facebook.

 

[beaucoup]

Well, the person the photo is of is not upset with me at all, as I did follow what I believed to be their thoughts on FB. He did send an email to the sharer, explaining that in the future, it is only correct to get permission from the poster before you share anything.

That is always how I've worked online with photos. I would never take someone elses photo and do anything with it without their ok first. Same for I won't post anyone elses photo online without their ok first.

In this case, the sharer did have prior knowledge of the persons feelings on the subject. I don't know if he forgot or what.

Yes, I've gone and added "do not repost or share without my permission" on other photos this person is in. Seems crazy, but I guess necessary if people are just going to treat someone elses photos as their own to do with as they wish.

 

[badblackpug]

NOTHING POSTED on the internet-anywhere on the internet is ever private again-privacy and security settings on any website are pretty meaningless-and anything you post on face book becomes the property of facebook.

YES! YES! YES!

Any 14 year old with a little computer savvy can hack into any privacy settings you think you have.

This is why there are NO pictures of my kids on the 'net, not do I post their names. This, and pedophiles, are also the reason my 13 year old will not be getting a facebook account for many years.

 

[bicker]

it is only correct to get permission from the poster before you share anything.

That's not true. Sharing is a feature of Facebook -- indeed sharing what others have shared with you is an ethic of Facebook. If you don't share things as they move you to share them, then you're not complying with the standards of Facebook. There is no penalty for not sharing, nor any recriminations for not sharing, of course, but suggesting that people who do comply with the standards of the community are doing something wrong is simply unjustified.

Any 14 year old with a little computer savvy can hack into any privacy settings you think you have.

They can more easily hack into your own account, where they'd have access to all your photos for sure, than they could overcome the privacy settings. There are indeed some concerns about Facebook, and I don't have a problem with criticisms of Facebook when warranted, but what you're saying here doesn't fall into that category.

As mentioned before, if you don't want someone else seeing things that you post, use the privacy settings properly, and that way if your friends do Share the item, no one else will see it.