Library programming wants photos from a Facebook album of a branch opening. Some albums are friends-only. What may the researcher use?
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Short Explanation
Friends-only is a closed living room, even if the party was a library opening. Use what is sitting on the public porch. Do not borrow a friend's login or invent a parent to sneak inside.
Full Explanation
When library programming wants photos from a Facebook album of a branch opening and some albums are friends-only, the researcher may use only albums and photos that are truly public, without logging in as a friend to bypass privacy. Friends-only content is outside PORP public-source collection even when the event celebrated a civic facility. Using friends-only albums after logging in as a coworker who is a friend of the poster fails as privacy bypass via a third party’s authenticated session. Using any album once a library staff member is tagged, regardless of privacy state, fails; tags do not convert private albums into public OSINT merely because a civic employee appears. Collecting private albums through a sock puppet that pretends to be a neighborhood parent fails as pretexting into restricted content under a false civic-adjacent story. Exam caveat: if public photos are insufficient for programming needs, request official library media through normal civic channels rather than social-engineering access. Operational check: confirm privacy state before capture; save only public URLs with retrieval dates; note which requested albums were out of scope due to friends-only settings so requesters understand the boundary.