Facebook tips

Problem
You want to get the profile photo of a friend.

Solution
The profile address is https://www.facebook.com/%5Busername%5D . Visit https://graph.facebook.com/%5Busername%5D/picture (or https://graph.facebook.com/%5Busername%5D/picture?type=square).

User info in JSON
See https://graph.facebook.com/%5Busername%5D . Here you’ll get the user ID too.

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Check your privacy on Facebook

Method 1

If you want to check your privacy settings on Facebook, visit http://www.rabidgremlin.com/fbprivacy/.

“This page shows you what information the Facebook API provides to sites that you log into. It should highlight if you have left any of your personal information open for everyone to see.“

Method 2

Visit http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/.

“This website provides an independent and open tool for scanning your Facebook privacy settings.“

Read more here.