Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by cristinacordova » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:06 PM UTC

Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool
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Re: Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by tonyrice » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:16 PM UTC

I honestly can say I have no clue what Oink is but this seems like something pretty serious.

Re: Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by chime » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:18 PM UTC

Was Oink 100% public or were there private conversation/shares? If everything on Oink was public (like a public blog or Twitter before direct messages), then it doesn't seem like a big deal. It's just making it easier to snoop. Otherwise, wow.

Re: Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by mef » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:18 PM UTC

Site seems to be down. Google cache http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?sourceid=chrome...

Re: Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by ZanderEarth32 » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:19 PM UTC

I never used Oink, but was there an option when creating an account to make it a private account, limiting access to certain types of data to certain users? If not, isn't everyone's uploads, reviews, pictures, etc. already available for anyone to see? Even if this is true, this still shouldn't be happening.

Re: Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by tonyrice » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:19 PM UTC

chime wrote: post #3

Was Oink 100% public or were there private conversation/shares? If everything on Oink was public (like a public blog or Twitter before direct messages), then it doesn't seem like a big deal. It's just making it easier to snoop. Otherwise, wow.

I agree, if everything was public then it doesn't seem like a big deal but they still should of made measures to assure that only the user gets their data in exported format.

Re: Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by cageyjames » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:21 PM UTC

Privacy should always be the number one concern with apps and websites. This is simply just sloppy.

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Post by ErikHuisman » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:21 PM UTC

chime wrote: post #3

Was Oink 100% public or were there private conversation/shares? If everything on Oink was public (like a public blog or Twitter before direct messages), then it doesn't seem like a big deal. It's just making it easier to snoop. Otherwise, wow.

I can't find any options in the oink app to make stuff private. So yeah, everything is/was public.

Re: Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by harryf » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:27 PM UTC

Filed under "How to make shutting down your service a memorable event"

Re: Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by donohoe » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:27 PM UTC

Relevant piece for those who can't access the page:

  So, curiously, I tried replacing my username 
  with Kevin Rose’s:

http://oink-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/kevinrose-export.zip

  (go ahead, click it). You’ll get a zip file 
  of every item he has ever added, rated or
  reviewed. You’ll also get every photo he has
  ever uploaded to Oink.