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TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API

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Post by wesleyzhao » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 6:43 AM UTC

TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API
takethislollipop.com

Re: TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API

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Post by kennywinker » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 7:04 AM UTC

Oooh! Well played. I really want the candy, but I know they're going to do something bad with the information they take from me... I'm still tempted.

Ok, so I did it and now I'm never sleeping again.

Re: TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API

#3

Post by Pfiffer » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 7:19 AM UTC

Care to explain for those without Facebook accounts?

Re: TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API

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Post by wesleyzhao » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 7:23 AM UTC

Pfiffer wrote: post #3

Care to explain for those without Facebook accounts?

Indeed. So basically someone made a very high quality video of a creepy dude in a dark room creeping on Facebook and getting really mad. Then (with some special effects they used) they make it look like (almost perfectly) the guy is viewing your profile page, looking through your photos, and creeping on your friends. Then he maps your last known location on Google Maps, looks right at you, and drives over to your house.

It's eerily realistic.

Disclaimer: not my project, found it on the web.

Re: TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 7:34 AM UTC

wesleyzhao wrote: post #4

Pfiffer wrote: post #3

Care to explain for those without Facebook accounts?

Indeed. So basically someone made a very high quality video of a creepy dude in a dark room creeping on Facebook and getting really mad. Then (with some special effects they used) they make it look like (almost perfectly) the guy is viewing your profile page, looking through your photos, and creeping on your friends. Then he maps your last known location on Google Maps, looks right at you, and drives over to your hou…

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Re: TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API

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Post by hiraki9 » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 7:44 AM UTC

That was very, very well done.

How did they do video compositing on top of an embedded browser window in Flash?

Perhaps they pre-rendered the webpages server-side using WebKit or some such and sent a screenshot to Flash....

Re: TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API

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Post by morsch » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 7:50 AM UTC

Pfiffer wrote: post #3

Care to explain for those without Facebook accounts?

I guess this is a teaser trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xBA0mpWuuo

Re: TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API

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Post by henrikschroder » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 7:51 AM UTC

Pfiffer wrote: post #3

Care to explain for those without Facebook accounts?

It's an example of how much personal data you actually leak through Facebook illustrated through a movie of a crazy serial killer browsing Facebook, with nicely done overlays of your actual personal data that the app pulled from you.

Re: TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API

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Post by egiva » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 7:56 AM UTC

hiraki9 wrote: post #6

That was very, very well done. How did they do video compositing on top of an embedded browser window in Flash? Perhaps they pre-rendered the webpages server-side using WebKit or some such and sent a screenshot to Flash....

Flash has the capability of incorporating dynamic content in flash-driven movies. See how to do it (easy example), here:

UPDATE: better link here: http://flashexplained.com/actionscript/loading-external-jpgs...

Re: TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API

#10

Post by tomasienrbc » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 8:06 AM UTC

This is a pretty disruptive use of the Facebook API. Personalized entertainment content, I love it!