A visible friends list helps attackers know whom to impersonate and target. Restricting who can see your connections makes cloning and social-engineering attacks against your network harder.
“Your friends list is a map. Don't hand it to strangers.”
Limit Who Sees Your Friends List
The takeaway
Your connections are a map for impersonators.
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