TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 9:03 AM UTC

zrgiu_ wrote: post #24

Pfiffer wrote: post #3

Care to explain for those without Facebook accounts?

Can someone make a video of this thing ?

Post by estel » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 9:05 AM UTC

robinduckett wrote: post #28

wesleyzhao wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

he knocks on your door

Yeah, good luck to him finding "X5, Cardiff". There isn't an "X5" postcode here, nor is it anywhere near where I was last time I did a location based update. The inaccurate google map thing is what made me lul.

Post by user24 » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 9:25 AM UTC

zrgiu_ wrote: post #24

Pfiffer wrote: post #3

Care to explain for those without Facebook accounts?

Can someone make a video of this thing ?

Post by ricefield » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 9:36 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…

Post by chrischen » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 9:40 AM UTC

ricefield wrote: post #38

henrikschroder wrote: post #8

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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.

no, not really, considering you have to explicitly allow the app to access all that data...