# Could a 'closed' Facebook page be hacked? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-closed-facebook-page-be-hacked/690230 "2014-06-06T21:58:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-closed-facebook-page-be-hacked/690230/1 "2014-06-06T21:58:18Z")
Some of my co-workers and I share a closed FB page where we gossip and bitch about other workers and the management of the company. As we all telecommute, I guess it serves much the same purpose as a water-cooler in the staff kitchen! Now a couple of incidents in recent days have led me to believe that management is privy to some of the stuff that has been posted. While it could be _terribly_ coincidental, it seems strange that (on two separate occasions) mere minutes after I posted some gripes disparaging a particular supervisor, the supervisor was on the phone to me wanting to clear things up. :dubious: So there’s three options. First, it _could_ be a coincidence. Second, one of my co-workers could be a damned dobber. But I’m curious as to whether hacking a FB page is possible? There’s some very clever IT people in the company and I certainly wouldn’t put it past management to have directed them to seek out our activities online. TL/DR Am I being uber-paranoid, or do you think it’s possible to eavesdrop on a closed FB page? ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-closed-facebook-page-be-hacked/690230/2 "2014-06-06T21:59:42Z")
I think anything can be hacked, but I’d put my money on a coworker with a big mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-closed-facebook-page-be-hacked/690230/3 "2014-06-06T22:04:26Z")
Do any of you do it from company computers? That could be the source of the leak. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-closed-facebook-page-be-hacked/690230/4 "2014-06-06T22:06:10Z")
> [@Calatin](#): > > Do any of you do it from company computers? That could be the source of the leak. No, all our hardware is privately owned. But we do use company software. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-closed-facebook-page-be-hacked/690230/5 "2014-06-06T22:09:13Z")
Yeah, I’m guess they pressured someone to sell out and give access. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-closed-facebook-page-be-hacked/690230/6 "2014-06-06T23:18:21Z")
Post something that’s not true and see how it gets back to you. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-closed-facebook-page-be-hacked/690230/7 "2014-06-06T23:26:16Z")
The particular supervisor who called you is probably best buds with one of the members of the group who immediately forwards him everything about him. Simplest explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-closed-facebook-page-be-hacked/690230/8 "2014-06-07T00:21:54Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > No, all our hardware is privately owned. But we do use **company software.** (Bolding mine) I suspect they could monitor pretty much anything you do on that computer if they were so inclined. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-closed-facebook-page-be-hacked/690230/9 "2014-06-07T00:40:49Z")
Have you ever tested the fact that it’s closed? Sent a link to someone who is not in the group but has a FB account, to see what they could see? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-closed-facebook-page-be-hacked/690230/10 "2014-06-07T00:50:54Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Have you ever tested the fact that it’s closed? Sent a link to someone who is not in the group but has a FB account, to see what they could see? I actually withdrew myself from the group yesterday, so just tried to see if I could access anything now. Nada. Put the name of the group into the FB toolbar, and nothing displayed on the page. In fact it’s a ‘secret’ group, not just a closed group.