Keep Private Groups and Comments PRIVATE

aalley5
aalley5 Posts: 3,535 Member
edited November 14 in MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions
Is MFP aware that private group posts are no longer private? This makes a whole new world for groups where members are no longer able to be candid about experiences. It also opens the door to abuse personal information.
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  • durden
    durden Posts: 3,527 MFP Staff
    This is the news to me. Please send us a support case with any/all relevant information you have so we can investigate.

    To reach our support team for assistance, please visit https://myfitnesspal.zendesk.com/hc/en-us or email directly to support@myfitnesspal.com

    Thanks!
  • durden
    durden Posts: 3,527 MFP Staff
    Chiming in again; i've done some testing around your private group's posts, and am confident that even if you have a public activity feed, that private group posts do not show up, period.

    If anyone is seeing any different, please feel free to send a support request per the above with ATTN: Durden in the subject line (or not, it'll get to me eventually) with screenshots or other evidence I can use to investigate. As of right now, having personally checked this myself with multiple accounts, i'm not seeing what you're seeing.
  • aalley5
    aalley5 Posts: 3,535 Member
    I'm wondering if this was before you were sent the screenshots or after.
    durden wrote: »
    Chiming in again; i've done some testing around your private group's posts, and am confident that even if you have a public activity feed, that private group posts do not show up, period.

    If anyone is seeing any different, please feel free to send a support request per the above with ATTN: Durden in the subject line (or not, it'll get to me eventually) with screenshots or other evidence I can use to investigate. As of right now, having personally checked this myself with multiple accounts, i'm not seeing what you're seeing.

  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 1,631 Member
    edited November 14
    @durden - i took screenshots this morning and sent the screenshots with it happening in 2 situations: with a friend and with someone who is NOT a friend.

    I can see their posts in their MFP community publicly shared profile replies in both: private groups we are both members and in their private groups that i am not in.
  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 1,631 Member
    @durden

    to add... if i click on the reply shown in their list of profile replies.... it does not take me into that private group. I get the 'permission problem' error.
  • b3achy
    b3achy Posts: 2,142 Member
    edited November 14
    If anyone selects / flags insightful, inspiring, like, or hug, you can then see part of those posts on someone's profile if you click on those reactions even if it was done in a private group. If you click on the post, you get permission denied, but it does expose the first few lines of the post in the activity feed.
  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 1,631 Member
    edited 12:39AM
    b3achy wrote: »
    If anyone selects / flags insightful, inspiring, like, or hug, you can then see part of those posts on someone's profile if you click on those reactions even if it was done in a private group. If you click on the post, you get permission denied, but it does expose the first few lines of the post in the activity feed.

    Ok, so maybe this is the underlying trigger for the reply posts I can read in their community replies list...

    The posts I can see are fewer than i would anticipate from the active people i can view.

    @durden

    @b3achy

    Ps, eta - i am on android phone, using website .com version. Not the ap.

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