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There's a difference between running `ps -ceo comm=tasks` and sending that information to Facebook's servers (which is how I read "collecting this information f
by wooster 15y ago
There's a difference between running `ps -ceo comm=tasks` and sending that information to Facebook's servers (which is how I read "collecting this information from millions of unknowing users"). It looks like he proved the former, but has provided no evidence as to the latter.
This doesn't mean that they're not sending that information back. I just don't like speculation being presented as fact without evidence. There are enough people on the Internet these days who will trust that `ps -ceo comm=tasks` means whatever a technical blog author tells them it means that I think it's dangerous to overstate what the evidence indicates.
- wladimir 15y agoRight, there is no proof yet that they ever send back the information to their servers. But IMO that doesn't excuse them from collecting the information in the first place.
- hunterford 15y agoI did actually use tcpflow to see if there was traffic after the file gets executed, and indeed there is. Unfortunately, it's encrypted so I can't see what's being sent.