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Interesting; it appears someone failed to redact some data from the slides. In the Facebook chat example, the message is "to" 1536051595. Using the Facebook G

Interesting; it appears someone failed to redact some data from the slides. In the Facebook chat example, the message is "to" 1536051595. Using the Facebook Graph API, we can gather information based on this ID: http://graph.facebook.com/1536051595 http://graph.facebook.com/1536051595 Which leads us to the Facebook profile (https://www.facebook.com/arash.gorjipour.5 https://www.facebook.com/arash.gorjipour.5) of an individual, real or contrived, named "Arash Gorjipour". His email address and phone number are all exposed in one of his uploaded photos: http://i.imgur.com/0UUk5cB.jpg http://i.imgur.com/0UUk5cB.jpg I wonder what the reason for this man being in these slides is.

junto 13y ago
Probably picked at random. The screenshot 'test case' could have been you. We are all in the database after all.
- junto 13y ago
  Of course, it would have been more amusing had the 'selector' been chosen as 'Barack Hussein Obama II'.
  - kazagistar 13y ago
    Forget amusing, that would have been a perfect action trigger: people are OK with privacy infringement on others, but when it happens to them, they are more likely to be upset. I suspect, or maybe just hope, that politicians are protected in some way from this. While it is unfair, at least it would mean less opportunities to extort or threaten lawmakers. Though, obviously, it would be best if we ALL were safe from that kind of crud.
- iandanforth 13y ago
  I think it's a test account. The text string which reads something like 'does it still recognize me?' is very much like the kind of thing I'd type in my QA days when I was testing a new system. If I were putting together a deck on that system I'd also probably favor test data over live data, if for no other reason than it's easy to come by.
eksith 13y ago
They may have used an existing public profile since he's already displayed it openly. He's a realestate broker after all so, presumably, he's got "nothing to hide".
- scottdeagan 13y ago
  Anna Chapman was a realestate broker too...
igravious 13y ago
In keeping with that line of thought would it not be better to redact the information you are presenting? I don't see why you need to write it out in full. You could say 153xxxxxxx and "Arxxx Goxxxxxxx" just to be sure and if you need to post links you could use a URL shortener.
scottdeagan 13y ago
Probably because he has dark skin, and his native tongue is probably something other than English. I'm a little worried now because I visited his page, and this will surely be logged, hence my past online activities may now be investigated.
- clicks 13y ago
  Don't worry, you were already on their list. HN fields roughly 200,000 unique visitors each day, most of which have a markedly anti-gov't-spying slant[1], that's enough evidence to be in their cross-hairs. [1]: Such that in some capacity you might participate in the creation/promotion of methods or software to get around their snooping technologies.
  - w_t_payne 13y ago
    Yup. I think that we all classify as "Enemy sympathizers". I wonder when we will be classified as "Enemy combatants?". As soon as somebody mentions violence, I suppose. Oh bum..
  - kudu 13y ago
    Thoughtcrime.
    - w_t_payne 13y ago
      Quite.
    - pavanred 13y ago
      Now lets all forward to newspeak in schools instead of English in the coming years
stordoff 13y ago
Did the Guardian change the slide? I couldn't see that slide, and it has now appeared with a value of 1234567890.
- deleted 13y ago
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- jberryman 13y ago
  The relevant slide is inline in the article, under the first appearance of the string "facebook". It was apparently redacted by the gaurdian; see nwh's link to the archived page below.
exit 13y ago
do you see that in this document? i can't find it anywhere and wonder if the guardian subsequently redacted it: http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jul/31/nsa-xkeyscore-program-full-presentation http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jul/31/nsa...
nwh 13y ago
There's a small version of the original slide here, which has since been removed — http://archive.is/xcwg6 http://archive.is/xcwg6
lisper 13y ago
He's Canadian. And he has dark skin and a funny-sounding name. He's (almost certainly) a real person, by the way. I called his office. He wasn't in, but they offered to page him for me.
- pooriaazimi 13y ago
  Just FYI (almost certainly of no importance because this individual was chosen at random for the slides): his name (both first and surname) are Persian. I'd guess he was an Iranian (graduate) student who has decided to stay in Canada after his studies; possibly to be "free" from an oppressive government's espionage and meddling in his private life. The irony...
- deleted 13y ago
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junto 13y ago

Probably picked at random. The screenshot 'test case' could have been you. We are all in the database after all.

junto 13y ago
Of course, it would have been more amusing had the 'selector' been chosen as 'Barack Hussein Obama II'.
- kazagistar 13y ago
  Forget amusing, that would have been a perfect action trigger: people are OK with privacy infringement on others, but when it happens to them, they are more likely to be upset. I suspect, or maybe just hope, that politicians are protected in some way from this. While it is unfair, at least it would mean less opportunities to extort or threaten lawmakers. Though, obviously, it would be best if we ALL were safe from that kind of crud.
iandanforth 13y ago
I think it's a test account. The text string which reads something like 'does it still recognize me?' is very much like the kind of thing I'd type in my QA days when I was testing a new system. If I were putting together a deck on that system I'd also probably favor test data over live data, if for no other reason than it's easy to come by.

eksith 13y ago

They may have used an existing public profile since he's already displayed it openly. He's a realestate broker after all so, presumably, he's got "nothing to hide".

scottdeagan 13y ago
Anna Chapman was a realestate broker too...

igravious 13y ago

In keeping with that line of thought would it not be better to redact the information you are presenting? I don't see why you need to write it out in full. You could say 153xxxxxxx and "Arxxx Goxxxxxxx" just to be sure and if you need to post links you could use a URL shortener.

scottdeagan 13y ago

Probably because he has dark skin, and his native tongue is probably something other than English. I'm a little worried now because I visited his page, and this will surely be logged, hence my past online activities may now be investigated.

clicks 13y ago
Don't worry, you were already on their list. HN fields roughly 200,000 unique visitors each day, most of which have a markedly anti-gov't-spying slant[1], that's enough evidence to be in their cross-hairs. [1]: Such that in some capacity you might participate in the creation/promotion of methods or software to get around their snooping technologies.
- w_t_payne 13y ago
  Yup. I think that we all classify as "Enemy sympathizers". I wonder when we will be classified as "Enemy combatants?". As soon as somebody mentions violence, I suppose. Oh bum..
- kudu 13y ago
  Thoughtcrime.
  - w_t_payne 13y ago
    Quite.
  - pavanred 13y ago
    Now lets all forward to newspeak in schools instead of English in the coming years

stordoff 13y ago

Did the Guardian change the slide? I couldn't see that slide, and it has now appeared with a value of 1234567890.

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jberryman 13y ago
The relevant slide is inline in the article, under the first appearance of the string "facebook". It was apparently redacted by the gaurdian; see nwh's link to the archived page below.

exit 13y ago

do you see that in this document? i can't find it anywhere and wonder if the guardian subsequently redacted it: http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jul/31/nsa-xkeyscore-program-full-presentation http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jul/31/nsa...

nwh 13y ago

There's a small version of the original slide here, which has since been removed — http://archive.is/xcwg6 http://archive.is/xcwg6

lisper 13y ago

He's Canadian. And he has dark skin and a funny-sounding name. He's (almost certainly) a real person, by the way. I called his office. He wasn't in, but they offered to page him for me.

pooriaazimi 13y ago
Just FYI (almost certainly of no importance because this individual was chosen at random for the slides): his name (both first and surname) are Persian. I'd guess he was an Iranian (graduate) student who has decided to stay in Canada after his studies; possibly to be "free" from an oppressive government's espionage and meddling in his private life. The irony...
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