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I used to have a rule in my ad blocker that blocked the typing notification and read notification from being sent. Both of which are features that I despise When typing a `POST https://www.facebook.com/ajax/messaging/typ.php?dpr=1` is sent for example.
Fascinating article, and thanks for taking the time to research it and write up the results. This kind of thing makes me think that Facebook et al will eventually push for a way of having closed source client-side scripting.
I used to have a rule in my ad blocker that blocked the typing notification and read notification from being sent. Both of which are features that I despise When typing a `POST https://www.facebook.com/ajax/messaging/typ.php?dpr=1` is sent for example.
Used to? Did you stop or does it no longer work? Was it as easy as adding that URL to your ad blocker blacklist?
I'd like to switch away from the Facebook platform, but it's seriously difficult to convert people away from it.
Fascinating article, and thanks for taking the time to research it and write up the results. This kind of thing makes me think that Facebook et al will eventually push for a way of having closed source client-side scripting.
Good for us that there is no such thing as closed source client side logic in web applications (without installing extensions/plugins). You can only obfuscate.
I remember, back in the old days, messenger client ICQ would send your keystrokes as you typed them, exposing your spelling mistakes for all to see.
So, as a code example, fine---but I'd caution against actually using this with your friends unless you know they're okay with it. They will be acting under certain social expectations with regard to when and how people can see their typing notifications based on when and how they were able to see them before, and if you tweak your way into getting more access without your conversation partners knowing it beforehand,…
The same thing has been possible with Pidgin for ages - it opened the chat window automatically when a contact started typing.
I think the biggest biggest takeaway of this blog post
is how easy it is to hook into the code of a
well-structured modern web application.
Admittedly, writing spaghetti code will make the programmer feel miserable, but does it really deter people from hacking on your code?