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my606ins t1_itxggus wrote

My sister answered one of those stupid facebook polls. She gave her daughter's full (married name) and birthday. Then anyone could deduce her daughter's maiden name by my sister's name on fb.

I was going to say something, but once people get over a certain age, you can't babysit them online all the time. I don't have time to explain the internet to people.

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notarobot_notagirl t1_ityy2fn wrote

I would agree if your sister only exposed sensitive info about herself. Unless she does this kind of stuff every other day despite having been told not to (and explained to why), it would have made sense to explain it to her, provided you care about either your sister or your niece

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my606ins t1_itz5uo3 wrote

Her daughter can see her posts.

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notarobot_notagirl t1_iu0ufs4 wrote

Do you know if she actually does see her posts? Just because she can doesn't mean she does.

I have a facebook account, but I haven't been online in months. It's just not popular in my age group anymore. When I do use it I only look at my groupchats and 5-6 specific profiles to keep in touch with people who live far away from me and are active on facebook. I don't look at my feed or whatever. Last I checked I had like 60 notifications, I'm not going to look at them. I'm just hoping no one's handing out my personal data and hope anyone who's close to me would tell me if they did

Anyway, I'm sure your niece is very active on facebook and carefully monitors everything that happens on there, the statement that she can see the posts just doesn't mean much to me

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