Greasemonkey Hack to View Locked Orkut Album

Locked Orkut Album

Back in December, Google introduced some much needed privacy features to Orkut which allowed us to make our photos, videos and scrapbook viewable to just our friends. Some liked it, but others didn’t. Luckily for those who didn’t like this, there is a greasemonkey hack to view locked Orkut albums.

In order to use this script, you’ll require Firefox along with Greasemonkey extension. Now, click here to install the script from Userscript.org. After installing the script, you can view just about any locked album without any hiccups.

Have fun spying on other’s locked albums until Google fixes this loophole.

Source: Devil’s WorkShop [Tipped by Sindhu]

This post was published by on January 16, 2008

About the Author: Thilak Rao works as a Social Media Expert. He is one of the first professional bloggers from India, and he loves to write, travel and click photos. Follow him on Twitter @thilak

  • http://sindhu-s.com sindhu

    this script is although not very reliable (works on some profile and doesnt on others, doesnt not link you to the picture, only album thumbnails can be seen)… but it definitly a good trick to snoop around ;)

  • http://sankaranand.com/blog/ Sankaranand

    not working dude

  • http://sankaranand.com/blog/ Sankaranand

    sorry actually i tried in an empty locked photo album and concluded it to be notworking but later after checking other album found the fun

    thanks for sharing dude :-)

  • http://www.devilsworkshop.org Rahul Bansal

    Thanks Thilak for nice review n link :-)

  • http://marcvz.net/blog/ Marc

    I’ve tested this out and it works. So much for security.

  • http://pkj.co.in/blog/ pkj

    my 2 cents : don’t make it easy for pervs to spy on people’s profiles.

  • http://www.techypedia.com/digital/2008/01/16/greasemonkey-script-to-view-private-orkut-albums/   Greasemonkey script to view private Orkut albums by Digitalpedia

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  • http://techblissonline.com Techblissonline dot Com

    google may soon have to act against these greasemonkey scripts…

  • http://www.devilsworkshop.org Rahul Bansal

    Some good news. :-)
    The bug has been rectified by orkut!
    But it should have been done earlier. This remained open for roughly 30 days.

  • http://www.tecfre.com Kanak Bhandari

    Hey hi thilak ,

    Doesnt work ??

  • http://tech-buzz.net Thilak

    Rahul: Thanks for the heads up. A little disappointing for me!

  • ameya

    Hi
    This script is not work plz tell me how i can see the locked album

  • Jeremiah

    Hi Rahul Bansal !!! When r u gonna come up with a script which can break the Orkut photo album lock?

  • Samson

    I’ve installed the script,at first it was working but now its not

  • amit

    its no longer working dude..

  • http://www.vaibhavsaran.co.nr Vaibhav Saran

    its not working now friend :-(

  • Justin

    cant you people read?? they said orkut fixed the bug… so none of you will be able to see it again. :-)

  • http://www.devilsworkshop.org Rahul Bansal

    @Thilak

    I personally feel such bug should be prevented in the first place! :-)

  • krish

    i had downloaded firefox ,then greasemonkey, then script ,but it is not working , i can’t see the locked album .

  • orkut da dushman

    Thanks for hack.
    people should know that if u put something in open there will be somebody to feed on it.
    Orkut de dhee de lun

  • Girish

    Not working for me .. dude .. dont know how this works .. any Idea

  • pANKAJ sHARMA

    HOW IT WILL WORK I HAVE INSTALLED GREASE MONKEY AND ALSO THIS SCRIPT I HAVE FIREFOX TOOOO WHAT TO DO AFTER THAT……….

  • rohit

    not working ? how to do so?

  • Leena

    No its not working!!!!!
    i had install greasemonkey and script still its not working!!!!

  • rohit

    its not working now..i think orkut may have worked on it as well..any other alternative

  • AVR

    i cannot install the script it shows run time error.
    even i installed firefox 3.0 and grease monkey.Please tell me how can i install the script.

  • Sandy

    I am not able to install greasemonkey hack on my PC. What could be the problem with it.

  • http://n/a sam

    please someone tell new hack for viewing locked
    orkut album

  • asim

    it doesnt work!!!

  • SAM

    HEY I HAVE INSTAL.
    BUT NOW WAT I HAVE 2 DO TELL ME YR?

  • Aman

    DUDE THIS IS FAKE WEBSITE….

    GIVING WRONG INFO ABT HACKING…

    THIS WILL NEVER WORK…

  • http://free-tips-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/02/hack-orkut-photo-albums.html Orkut Album Hack

    Very nice hack… thanks for sharing…

  • Rahul Kumar Jha

    Hey bro.. It’s not working at all. I have installed greasemonkey but then also it’s not working. Pls help me out it’s very urgent.
    Thanking you
    Rahul K Jha

  • rahul

    it does not work!!!!!!!!!

  • http://h4ck3r.in/ Rockey

    In this thread it had been mentioned around 10 times that orkut has fixed the bug … then why all of you are asking for the same thing that “why it’s not working” ….. chunks … u can try out manipulating the script it can help u ….

  • prashant

    can u mail me the way to view i had installed both script and extension as soon as possible i will be thankfull to you

  • rahul

    it doesnt work…………..
    could ny body tell me how does it work

  • kunal

    this hack is not working.
    can any one give me new hack i need it urgently plzzzz

  • amol

    dude i installed dat but it’s not working on any profile help me plz…………..

  • nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

    yaar this script not working

  • rajesh

    yaaar it dosn’t work

  • harmeshkc

    how to make it work??i tried bt not working…

  • chahat

    I got it installed, bt what to do then???

  • mynameismd

    no it didnt wrk yr…plz tell me how 2 use it..?

  • jahangir

    its not working at all..

  • jahangir

    its not working at all..

  • Appus

    its installed wt to do next ??

  • http://tech-buzz.net Thilak Rao

    This article is old, Orkut might have changed the way things work now