diff --git a/include/security.php b/include/security.php
index 6b8128bdd8..c044915709 100755
--- a/include/security.php
+++ b/include/security.php
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ function permissions_sql($owner_id,$remote_verified = false,$groups = null) {
 			 AND allow_gid = '' 
 			 AND deny_cid  = '' 
 			 AND deny_gid  = '' 
+			 AND private = 0
 	";
 
 	/**
@@ -199,10 +200,11 @@ function permissions_sql($owner_id,$remote_verified = false,$groups = null) {
 			} 
 
 			$sql = sprintf(
-				" AND ( allow_cid = '' OR allow_cid REGEXP '<%d>' ) 
+				" AND (( allow_cid = '' OR allow_cid REGEXP '<%d>' ) 
 				  AND ( deny_cid  = '' OR  NOT deny_cid REGEXP '<%d>' ) 
 				  AND ( allow_gid = '' OR allow_gid REGEXP '%s' )
 				  AND ( deny_gid  = '' OR NOT deny_gid REGEXP '%s') 
+					OR private = 0 )
 				",
 				intval($remote_user),
 				intval($remote_user),
diff --git a/mod/display.php b/mod/display.php
index 00f8b503a7..f510f793df 100755
--- a/mod/display.php
+++ b/mod/display.php
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ function display_content(&$a) {
 
 	$sql_extra = permissions_sql($a->profile['uid'],$remote_contact,$groups);
 
-	if(! local_user() && ! remote_user())
-		$sql_extra .= " and `item`.`private` = 0 ";
-
 	$r = q("SELECT `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, 
 		`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`rel`,
 		`contact`.`network`, `contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`self`, `contact`.`writable`,