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sure there is. it's called email.

every time you get a facebook message, you get an email. as late as 2009, those emails included the full content of the message.

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yes, but some people clean up their mailboxes. I know I do. Specially with something as spammy as FB email notification back in 2009. I did check my timeline and some messages there DO look like they HAD to be private - no way those kind of information would be posted on my wall. Unfortunately, i do not keep FB emails from 2009 anymore. I guess many can't prove because of this fact - deleted fb notifications from 2009/2008

Totally. What's unfathomable to me, however, is that in the age of Gmail, in this ocean full of strident accusations, not a single person has been able to produce something like this. That's all it would take.

Okay, I just checked, I have over 3.000 archived Facebook emails.

I just have to find some private post on my timeline, the corresponding email and write a blog post?

It shouldn't be hard. The email contains the body of the message. So search for the message.

Or you know, not writing shit you don't want out over Facebook, Email, IM, Twitter, HN, Reddit PM..........

Right, that will help us confirm or deny this rumor.

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