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The author states it might be useful in guessing valid company email addresses. Isn't it easier to create a CSV/Outlook compatible file containing hundreds of
by antileet 16y ago
The author states it might be useful in guessing valid company email
addresses. Isn't it easier to create a CSV/Outlook compatible file
containing hundreds of generated addresses, and then ask Facebook to
find new friends for you. Plus, that will allow you to check many more
adresses before Facebook senses something silly and disables the login
form - which would happen if you use the login-form method.
Heck, this is perfectly possible with LinkedIn and twitter as well. I
don't understand what the fuss is.
- pyre 16y agoThe author states that this does not check a user's privacy settings, but as another participant in the thread points out[1], importing an address book to look for new contacts respects privacy settings (i.e. a 'new contact' will only show up if their privacy settings allow their profile to show up in search results). [1]: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Aug/137 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Aug/137
- antileet 16y agoRight. That makes sense. However, since this solution isn't spectacularly scalable, I'm not too worried.