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		reledi on Dec 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook reveals friends list even when it’s set t... The details of the story seem unlikely and it was probably sloppy journalism, but I haven't found anything besides speculation that claims it happened otherwise. It doesn't appear anything was lost in translation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5864882 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5864653 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5864577 I think the likeliest case was that they searched her laptop, found an open tab with her Facebook messages, then printed the conversation.

tedunangst on Dec 1, 2013 [–]

That's fair. But "Border agents can read your private messages" conveys a rather different idea than "Border agents can read tabs you leave open".

reledi on Dec 2, 2013 | [–]

It sure does, but that's still just speculation. I think the story carries more weight than my speculation. Ultimately, we'll never really know what happened.

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