If mutual friends have uploaded photos and tagged the private user, those photos will appear blurred in the thumbnail, but the tags remain. You cannot see the full photo, but you see the names of the people tagged with them. This gives you context (e.g., "Is Sarah at a party with John? You see John’s tag."). Step 3: The "Comment History" Loophole If the private user has ever commented on a public post (e.g., a news article or a celebrity page), click their name in the comments. Facebook 2021 allowed you to see all of their public interactions. Sometimes, they post a photo in those comments. That photo is public.

If a video claims "NEW 2021 FIX - VIEW PRIVATE PHOTOS," they are lying to get views. Facebook’s privacy settings are robust. The only person viewing private photos is the hacker stealing your data. Disclaimer: This article is for educational purposes regarding historical 2021 user interface bugs. Attempting to bypass Facebook’s security settings violates Facebook’s Terms of Service (Section 3.2) and may result in a permanent IP ban. The author does not endorse or provide working exploits.

This was the last true "fix" for private viewing. It was patched in Facebook’s v.315.0 security update (August 2021). Why You Cannot "Hack" Private Photos (The Technical Truth) To understand why there is no permanent fix, you have to understand how Facebook stores photos.