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Followup to "I bought more than 1 million Facebook data entries for $5"

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Re: Followup to "I bought more than 1 million Facebook data entries for $5"

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Post by pav3l »

malandrew wrote: post #57
swalsh wrote: post #36

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I've actually setup a system where I download this zip file once every 3 months. My main point is that the barrier to entry for making a new social network/reader etc is not one of innovation. Search for instance is hard to compete with because the bar has been set so high. Facebook is impossible to compete with because of its walls. I don't feel this page brings those walls down.

A service that did this regularly (like once a week) and then made the data available via API for syncing with other services would be useful.

Facebook specifically prohibits this. If I'm not mistaken only the account holder can download the data, you need to enter your password and bypass captcha. Also the download link is sent to your email.

Re: Followup to "I bought more than 1 million Facebook data entries for $5"

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Post by DaSheep »

Well this sounds like a good example of social engineering. Someone was really interested on his data an he just send it to them for free :/ I mean "Policy - Police", "It's secret", "we're recording you" are classic social engineering techniques used to put the target in a uncomfortable situation. I used them a few times, too.

Re: Followup to "I bought more than 1 million Facebook data entries for $5"

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Post by Evbn »

tsycho wrote: post #55
Swizec wrote: post #16

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I'm 25. One of my friends uses Google+ instead of FB. It's really weird because the only way I can really get in contact with him is via the irc channel we all hang out on. I never get to see any of the photos he shares.

If you actually care about the photos that your friend is sharing on Google+, what's actually preventing you from seeing them? You don't even have to visit the G+ site, just set up email notifications if he/she shares anything with you. Let's look at an alternative scenario: What if your friend posted the photos online to Flickr, Shutterfly, Picasa etc. and sent you a link via email? Would you still complain? My poin…

What if my friend posts on FB?

Re: Followup to "I bought more than 1 million Facebook data entries for $5"

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Post by Evbn »

bobsy wrote: post #86

Is selling such information even illegal? Is it against Facebook's terms? By using an app you are giving them access to a whole bunch of your personal information. I always assumed that many were scraping data from my profile. This is why I have never use Facebook for authentication. When I read the original post I figured Facebook would want the data so they could narrow down who the probable culprit is. I would hav…

Scraping data via app permissions is prohibited by TOS but not policed.

Re: Followup to "I bought more than 1 million Facebook data entries for $5"

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Post by priley »

oharo wrote: post #39
mandeepj wrote: post #34

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Ark only shows publicly available data from the people's profile at fb. If its not public then you cannot get it from ark.

you can find the exact profiles mentioned on demo day on piratebay.

? It's true that there is a low quality dump of FB data from years ago, but it's totally useless in terms of our faceted search and we never use these kinds of sources.

Re: Followup to "I bought more than 1 million Facebook data entries for $5"

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Post by GFischer »

flurpitude wrote: post #49
tlrobinson wrote: post #5

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FYI Facebook has two-factor auth as well: https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150172618258920 .

I'm not very keen on those two-factor approaches like this that use text messages to your phone. The text message often does not arrive. And in some places you have to pay to receive text messages so it can cost money to log in. It would be preferable if they could just use the Google Authenticator app like a few other sites do.

I live in Montevideo, South America, and I've never had a problem with a Google SMS not arriving.

I had my account compromised once, it's not something I want to repeat.

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