Facebook itself offers features like "On/Off" activity status and controlling who can see your online status, but it does not officially support completely anonymous profile viewing.
Numerous websites, browser extensions, and mobile apps advertise the ability to let users view Facebook profiles, stories, or posts anonymously—often without the target user knowing. This paper explains that Most such tools are scams designed to steal login credentials, install malware, or generate ad revenue. This document outlines how Facebook’s privacy actually works, the risks of using third-party “viewer” tools, and safe, legitimate methods to achieve a degree of anonymity on the platform. Facebook Anonymous Viewer
Have you encountered a "Facebook viewer" scam? Share your experience in the comments below (using your real profile—because on Facebook, privacy is an illusion). : Facebook explicitly states that it does not
: Facebook explicitly states that it does not provide or support third-party apps for tracking profile or story views. Summary of Anonymity Methods privacy is an illusion).
It is worth noting that the confusion often stems from other platforms. (owned by Facebook/Meta) used to allow anonymous viewing via third-party websites like StoriesIG or AnonIGViewer because Instagram does not have the same server-side authentication for public profiles as Facebook does. However, Meta has aggressively cracked down on these APIs.