Sometimes standard Facebook browsing is limited. These external methods can sometimes surface public data that internal searches miss: Google Site Search : You can find public profile fragments by typing site:facebook.com "Person's Name" into a Google search. Reverse Image Search
| Approach | Likelihood of Success | Privacy Violation? | |----------|----------------------|--------------------| | Viewing public photos | High (if user set them public) | No | | Viewing profile picture | Always possible | No | | Viewing tagged public photos | Medium | No | | Trying to hack/view private photos | Zero (legally) | Yes (illegal/unethical) | Sometimes standard Facebook browsing is limited
In recent years, Facebook has allowed users to retroactively change past profile pictures from Public to Friends, so this method is less reliable than it was in 2015. Sometimes standard Facebook browsing is limited