[1761] Blocked users can still view Mutual Friends (Stalking/Harrasment Risk)
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Chirping_Cat
- Block a User.
- View their Mutual Friends.
- Get blocked.
- View their Mutual Friends.
This seems like a pretty big privacy oversight, as I doubt anyone would want blocked users looking up mutual friends to harass or co-opt into being intermediates.
For context: Not even Discord allows this with it's mutual friends feature.
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Deantwo
I can see the mutuals of someone that has had me blocked for a couple of years.
The mututals seem to become hidden if I am in the same instance as the person though, and seems to remain hidden for the rest of the session.
But restarting the client seems to then allow me to look at the mutuals again, unless I encounter them again.
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salemvr
ngl i checked and not a fan of the beta only cause i don't like the mutual friends thing only cause it can cause issues especially with people i got blocked
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Is this happening immediately after blocking? The feature takes a few minutes (around 7 min) to update.
Chirping_Cat
StormRel I can view the mutual friends of people I blocked years ago, and have had me blocked for years. The issue appears to be that any hiding of mutual friends is done in the client and not the API's willingness to provide the information. This has obvious fundamental issues given the majority of the PC user base know what VRCX is.
TotallyUnInvisable
exactly, its a big safety/privacy concern
when you block someone they shouldn't have the ability to see which mutual friends you share at any given point