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gaius on Jan 30, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: View facebook friend list (hidden or not hidden)

Oops. Rule #1 of client-server computing: never trust the client. Kids these days have forgotten what we knew in the 90s.

yan on Jan 30, 2010 [–]

To be fair, friend lists aren't considered very private on facebook.

ericb on Jan 30, 2010 | [–]

Which didn't used to be true, and pretty much sucks if you're say, an Iranian dissident.

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