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Re: Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks

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post #87

It's a really overengineered fn() { browser site1/$1 site2/$1 ... } Tools like these insult the users' intelligence and generate needless drama[1] the only data needed are the urls from https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/blob/master/she... [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/1at9br4/i_am_new_to...

That person on the reddit example is as caustic as can be. Perfect example of a nightmare open source user.

Re: Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks

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post #88

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> Doing the multiple account thing isn’t as easy as it sounds though. Some sites like Reddit make switching between accounts incredibly easy And it's as easy to dox yourself by responding with the wrong account, as I have seen multiple times on Reddit.

trick here.. create different chrome profiles, with different color schemes. Peach is my "nice person" account. Red is for accounts that I want to be a little more argumentative. I do this at work too.. where I have to have different user profiles to emulate working as an admin, staff, client, sub-client. Blue seems adminny :)

I do a similar thing with my terminal emulator: Different background colours in PuTTY depending on which server it's connected to. Green for Dev, red for Prod...

Re: Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks

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I dont plan to run for president or anything, but find myself increasingly censoring my online speech. I think the biggest risk is some out of context post being pulled into a civil suit, or professional cancellation following that. Things like advice in an alcohol recovery forum would be prime evidence for a liability suit. There are also groups that vacuum the internet for offensive posts, and use them to try to ge…

Being authentic is the ticket to public office now I’m kind of glad that the value of blackmail futures has plummeted to zero I always thought millenials would be the culprit because millennials have so much online, but nope, it was just old fashioned baby boomers that have spearheaded it and double down on their indiscretions to be the role models for the country’s top offices

> Being authentic is the ticket to public office now

Yeah, if you can fake that, you've got it made.

Re: Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks

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post #87

It's a really overengineered fn() { browser site1/$1 site2/$1 ... } Tools like these insult the users' intelligence and generate needless drama[1] the only data needed are the urls from https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/blob/master/she... [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/1at9br4/i_am_new_to...

That person on the reddit example is as caustic as can be. Perfect example of a nightmare open source user.

I don't think so. He doesn't care about the source code or want the source code. He just wants an executable file. If there was the exact same project that was closed source and had an .exe file he would have never even gone to the github.

Re: Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks

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post #68
post #24

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Is it creepy if you google a job candidate?

In many parts of the world it is illegal for a recruiting party to search for information on a candidate without their consent.

What are laws that prohibit it?

Re: Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks

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post #167
post #68

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In many parts of the world it is illegal for a recruiting party to search for information on a candidate without their consent.

What are laws that prohibit it?

One example is Finnish legislation: https://finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2004/20040759#L2P4 Sadly only available in Finnish. The law applies both to employees and candidates.

EDIT: Looks like there is an English translation. See section 4 of: https://finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/2004/en20040759_2019034...

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