diff --git a/actions/apilistmemberships.php b/actions/apilistmemberships.php
index 04c7715363..bf7f0e84d8 100644
--- a/actions/apilistmemberships.php
+++ b/actions/apilistmemberships.php
@@ -115,11 +115,10 @@ class ApiListMembershipsAction extends ApiBareAuthAction
 
     function getLists()
     {
-        $profile = $this->target;
-        $fn = array($profile, 'getOtherTags');
+        $fn = array($this->target, 'getOtherTags');
 
         # 20 lists
         list($this->lists, $this->next_cursor, $this->prev_cursor) =
-                Profile_list::getAtCursor($fn, array($this->auth_user), $this->cursor, 20);
+                Profile_list::getAtCursor($fn, array($this->scoped), $this->cursor, 20);
     }
 }
diff --git a/actions/peopletagsforuser.php b/actions/peopletagsforuser.php
index 827b284d5c..7679be0b86 100644
--- a/actions/peopletagsforuser.php
+++ b/actions/peopletagsforuser.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class PeopletagsforuserAction extends Action
         $offset = ($this->page-1) * PEOPLETAGS_PER_PAGE;
         $limit  = PEOPLETAGS_PER_PAGE + 1;
 
-        $ptags = $this->tagged->getOtherTags(common_current_user(), $offset, $limit);
+        $ptags = $this->tagged->getOtherTags($this->scoped, $offset, $limit);
 
         $pl = new PeopletagList($ptags, $this);
         $cnt = $pl->show();
diff --git a/classes/Profile.php b/classes/Profile.php
index 945d1a74ca..69b78e27d5 100644
--- a/classes/Profile.php
+++ b/classes/Profile.php
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ class Profile extends Managed_DataObject
     /**
      * Get tags that other people put on this profile, in reverse-chron order
      *
-     * @param (Profile|User) $auth_user  Authorized user (used for privacy)
+     * @param Profile        $scoped     User we are requesting as
      * @param int            $offset     Offset from latest
      * @param int            $limit      Max number to get
      * @param datetime       $since_id   max date
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ class Profile extends Managed_DataObject
      * @return Profile_list resulting lists
      */
 
-    function getOtherTags($auth_user=null, $offset=0, $limit=null, $since_id=0, $max_id=0)
+    function getOtherTags(Profile $scoped=null, $offset=0, $limit=null, $since_id=0, $max_id=0)
     {
         $list = new Profile_list();
 
@@ -467,11 +467,11 @@ class Profile extends Managed_DataObject
                        $this->id);
 
 
-        if ($auth_user instanceof User || $auth_user instanceof Profile) {
+        if (!is_null($scoped)) {
             $qry .= sprintf('AND ( ( profile_list.private = false ) ' .
                             'OR ( profile_list.tagger = %d AND ' .
                             'profile_list.private = true ) )',
-                            $auth_user->id);
+                            $scoped->getID());
         } else {
             $qry .= 'AND profile_list.private = 0 ';
         }
diff --git a/lib/peopletagsforusersection.php b/lib/peopletagsforusersection.php
index 37f46b850d..fa5ec31033 100644
--- a/lib/peopletagsforusersection.php
+++ b/lib/peopletagsforusersection.php
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ class PeopletagsForUserSection extends PeopletagSection
         $limit = PEOPLETAGS_PER_SECTION+1;
         $offset = 0;
 
-        $auth_user = common_current_user();
-        $ptags = $this->profile->getOtherTags($auth_user, $offset, $limit);
+        $ptags = $this->profile->getOtherTags(Profile::current(), $offset, $limit);
 
         return $ptags;
     }