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TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API

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

#61

Post by RyanKearney »

0x12 wrote: post #55

Funny, my hosts file seems to interrupt the flow of this prank slightly. We'll see how my s.o. reacts to it, but on my machine it does absolutely nothing. In case you're wondering what is in my hosts file: 127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 connect.facebook.net 127.0.0.1 facebook.net 127.0.0.1 fbcdn.net 127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.net 0.0.0.0 badge.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 blog.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 en-gb…

Actually no one really cares what your host file looks like.

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

#62

Post by VonLipwig »

That was amazing. You know its a joke.. but the production value is so high your can't help but be really creeped out by it. I have removed every app which I have signed up to from accessing my Facebook account. I have also bolted my front door.

shivers

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

#63

Post by chunkyslink »

RyanKearney wrote: post #61
0x12 wrote: post #55

Funny, my hosts file seems to interrupt the flow of this prank slightly. We'll see how my s.o. reacts to it, but on my machine it does absolutely nothing. In case you're wondering what is in my hosts file: 127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 connect.facebook.net 127.0.0.1 facebook.net 127.0.0.1 fbcdn.net 127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.net 0.0.0.0 badge.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 blog.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 en-gb…

Actually no one really cares what your host file looks like.

I'm quite interested. Mostly because I use similar Facebook blocking techniques so its nice to know what others do too.

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

#64

Post by 0x12 »

RyanKearney wrote: post #61
0x12 wrote: post #55

Funny, my hosts file seems to interrupt the flow of this prank slightly. We'll see how my s.o. reacts to it, but on my machine it does absolutely nothing. In case you're wondering what is in my hosts file: 127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 connect.facebook.net 127.0.0.1 facebook.net 127.0.0.1 fbcdn.net 127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.net 0.0.0.0 badge.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 blog.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 en-gb…

Actually no one really cares what your host file looks like.

One of the problems with speaking for everybody on a forum with 10's of thousands of active users is that invariably you don't.

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

#66

Post by kgosser »

JonnieCache wrote: post #58
0x12 wrote: post #55

Funny, my hosts file seems to interrupt the flow of this prank slightly. We'll see how my s.o. reacts to it, but on my machine it does absolutely nothing. In case you're wondering what is in my hosts file: 127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 connect.facebook.net 127.0.0.1 facebook.net 127.0.0.1 fbcdn.net 127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.net 0.0.0.0 badge.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 blog.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 en-gb…

You can achieve a similar thing with the ghostery extension. http://www.ghostery.com/

Wow cool thanks for the link. Just installed it.

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

#67

Post by ottbot »

0x12 wrote: post #55

Funny, my hosts file seems to interrupt the flow of this prank slightly. We'll see how my s.o. reacts to it, but on my machine it does absolutely nothing. In case you're wondering what is in my hosts file: 127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 connect.facebook.net 127.0.0.1 facebook.net 127.0.0.1 fbcdn.net 127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.net 0.0.0.0 badge.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 blog.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 en-gb…

Is it actually funny or surprising to you, given your hosts configuration, or did you just want to mention it?

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

#68

Post by 0x12 »

ottbot wrote: post #67
0x12 wrote: post #55

Funny, my hosts file seems to interrupt the flow of this prank slightly. We'll see how my s.o. reacts to it, but on my machine it does absolutely nothing. In case you're wondering what is in my hosts file: 127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 connect.facebook.net 127.0.0.1 facebook.net 127.0.0.1 fbcdn.net 127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.net 0.0.0.0 badge.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 blog.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 en-gb…

Is it actually funny or surprising to you, given your hosts configuration, or did you just want to mention it?

Surprising, because I'd totally forgotten about it and really wanted to see what this was all about (after reading some of the comments here).

So I thought to myself 'ok, this once' knowing I'd be sticking my head out. It took me a minute or two to realize the cause and I thought that was a nice side-effect of solving this at the DNS layer, even when you're momentarily stupid this will still create enough of a barrier that you'll stop to think a bit longer.

I didn't know about the ghostery extension, so thanks to the person that posted that, that's another good solution.

FB has had its use for me (it found a bunch of long lost people), I haven't been back since.

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

#69

Post by SecretofMana »

For me, this was rendered hilarious by some of the images people have tagged me in on Facebook that don't actually have me in them. Seeing the serial killer erotically stroke a picture of a T-Pain coffee mug is rather amusing.

That being said, is there any way I can be sure besides the disclaimer that this isn't actually saving/using my personal data outside of the video? I guess that's part of the point, that I really can't, though.

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

#70

Post by ltamake »

RyanKearney wrote: post #61
0x12 wrote: post #55

Funny, my hosts file seems to interrupt the flow of this prank slightly. We'll see how my s.o. reacts to it, but on my machine it does absolutely nothing. In case you're wondering what is in my hosts file: 127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 connect.facebook.net 127.0.0.1 facebook.net 127.0.0.1 fbcdn.net 127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.net 0.0.0.0 badge.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 blog.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 en-gb…

Actually no one really cares what your host file looks like.

Your opinion does not equate to everyone's opinion. I'm quite interested in his hosts file (because of blocking like buttons).
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