Protecting files

I have two accounts made in my OS 10.4
One is password protected, and the other one is not, so that any of my friends or family members can use the computer without having me putting a password in every time.
Today, I had my friend using the open account posting new pictures on her facebook.
When she was making a new photo album in her facebook, the Safari gave her an option of choosing the folder/file from the computer to be posted on her facebook in a separate window. And in this little window where she choose the folder/file, she could access and see all of the files in the entire computer, including the files in my password protected account!
Is there anyway to set it up so that all the files and folders in my password protected account won't be accessed and are not visible to anybody else?
Thank you.

The original subfolders in a user's home folder - Desktop, Documents, Library, Movies, Music, and Pictures - are normally set up with permissions such that only that user can access their contents. If you had files in Documents, for instance, a different user could see HD>Users>yourname>Documents, but shouldn't be able to see into Documents to access your files.
If your files are located somewhere else in your home folder other than in these original subfolders, they may not be protected. It's possible to change the permissions of an enclosing folder if that is the case.

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