The incoming British Secret Service chief found himself in a pickle this weekend, after newspapers reported that his wife had left her Facebook account open for millions of people to view - including family photos and details of the family flat.

The Mail on Sunday claims that the wife of Sir John Sawers left her privacy settings on he social networking website wide open for anyone in the "London" network to view her updates.

According to the newspaper, this revealed details of Sir John and his family (he has three grown up children), including personal photographs of them partying and on holiday, the location of their flat, and the identities of friends and close associates, to any of the almost four million people who are members of the "London" geographic network (a Facebook group that any user can join - regardless of where they are in the world).

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