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I wonder it it would be feasible to tunnel the "real internet" through Facebook using (for example) their chat client (you'd need something on the other end to

by CrowFly 11y ago

I wonder it it would be feasible to tunnel the "real internet" through Facebook using (for example) their chat client (you'd need something on the other end to make the connection). Like tunneling a VPN over DNS queries. That would be a clever work-around.

roywiggins 11y ago
Probably violates the TOS, or if it doesn't right now, as soon as it's implemented, it will. Not that I have any moral opposition, but it'd be risking a pretty quick account ban.
wreckimnaked 11y ago
It doesn't have to be facebook, any of the whitelisted websites could potentially be used as a proxy.
ArnoldP 11y ago
Since they have their advertising bots and learning machines reading all that stuff all of the time, it would only be a matter of time before they shut that hole (if it gained a decent amount of popularity)
akerro 11y ago
https://github.com/matiasinsaurralde/facebook-tunnel https://github.com/matiasinsaurralde/facebook-tunnel I heard about some more, but didn't bookmark them :<
- kuschku 11y ago
  Sadly this doesn’t work with http://0.facebook.com/ http://0.facebook.com/, the version of Free Basics available in Germany.
  - akerro 11y ago
    Maybe this one http://code.kryo.se/iodine/ http://code.kryo.se/iodine/ ?
- CrowFly 11y ago
  Well, there you go! It _was_ a good idea.
toomanybeersies 11y ago
I was considering doing something similar a while ago, since here in New Zealand, we get free facebook on mobile (0.facebook.com). I'm fairly sure that FB has things in place to stop you from using bots to send messages though, in an attempt to stop spam.