Can i save the messages that i send and receive on facebook on my computer?

[Adana J]

I think my friend has been saving my messages and then reading them but she doesn't have access to my facebook at all. Is that possible?I use her computer most times.

[H.P.]

As a preface, please first ask yourself again why you think so, and if there are any other ways said person could more easily get whatever information you suspect they have.

Now, there are a few possibilities I know of.

a) You may forget to log out occasionally. Just once would allow her to read them all. I'm not sure a Facebook logon, at the date of this post, expires in a terribly short amount of time while it isn't being used. You could conceivably stay logged in on the same computer for quite a while, even if you close the tab or window in the browser (unless it's the last tab or window, -maybe-).

b) Has she seen you type in your password? Did you accidentally tell the browser to -save- your password? Is your password easy to guess? Ask yourself that one at least twice.

c) I'm not sure what files get cached on the computer from the Facebook, but I doubt any other than images or other media content. Browser caching is for use when the content of a web-page doesn't change. As the Facebook is fairly dynamic (for obvious reasons), it's unlikely she's just looking around in the browser cache files for dirty secrets.

d) Otherwise, and this is the really paranoid option, so refer to the preface again before reading: there is such a thing as a keylogger, a piece of software, usually moderately hidden, on the computer that can log keystrokes as they are typed. Most of them are expensive, if they work to any real degree, hard to pirate (because they are not in the highest demand for people who do not have funding, such as for a company, and as such are not available on many torrent sites, etc.), or, as referenced, barely work and are often obvious to the user if not set up properly. They can also show up on various malware scanners, trigger a query from software like Windows Firewall, etc.

The real question is: if you don't trust your friend, why do you continue to use their computer or, for that matter, spend time around them?

A solution to this may be talking to her. Or walking away.