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Originally Posted by Kevin
It's really not hard at all to get into someone's profile... I mean, hypothetically. How you'd hypothetically do it would be to create a profile with stuff in common with the target, e.g., you went to the same college, same major, use what you hypothetically know. Also, get a picture of someone who is very attractive and either younger than or at the same age as the hypothetical target. Send a friend request to them and all of their friends and hypothetically, of course, you are in.
Our PI does offer this service, but we've never had a need to take him up on it because in all the cases that matter, these folks have 500+ friends and it's not hard to find one which really favors our client.. and in that case, the information isn't private at all.
Moral of the story again is don't put anything on the internet that you don't want folks to find out about you. My solution for this was to make all of my info public and be the opposite of discrete as to who I am... kind of puts a damper on the urge to post the OMG I WAS SO DRUNK pics (which don't exist anyhow because I try not to allow myself to be photographed even holding an alcoholic beverage) on my facebook.
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I'd never friend a stranger, wtf are people thinking? I also don't have super detailed information anyway, including party pictures or anything I wouldn't let my boss and family see (since I have a facebook account for my job, you bet it is appropriate since my boss and coworkers are my friends!). People have tried to add me and I said no as they agreed they couldn't be trusted to not be inappropriate, at least they admit it.