Facebook Privacy Scanner

Corrine · 17 May 2010

I heard about the Facebook Privacy Scanner from Merijn Bellekom (the creator of HijackThis and other applications). He tested it and found that it does not work in Opera but works great in Firefox.

ReclaimPrivacy.org | Facebook Privacy Scanner

This website provides an independent and open tool for scanning your Facebook privacy settings. The source code and its development will always remain open and transparent.

Drag this link to your web browser bookmarks bar: Scan for Privacy
Log in to facebook.com and then click that bookmark
You will see a series of privacy scans that inspect your privacy settings and warn you about settings that might be unexpectedly public.

My results are shown in the attached image.

CarlTR6 · 17 May 2010

I like the idea; but I cannot get it work. Maybe because I don't have a bookmarks toolbar. Even with the bookmarks toolbat, I get an error message.

Edited to add: I finally got it to work. It was my security settings in FF. I have nailed down my Facebook account. Thank you, Corrine. I could not rep you; I have to spread some around.

Jacee · 17 May 2010

Carl, it says it gets wonkey sometimes mjpizz's reclaimprivacy at master - GitHub

CarlTR6 · 17 May 2010

Thanks. It never completed one of the scans for me. Everything else is green.

pparks1 · 17 May 2010

Thanks, very worthwhile. Appreciate the info.