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comment by dublinben

His extension was in no way an "exploit tool." It presented information that Facebook deliberately shared with the members of a conversation. What he published was a proof of concept about how the information could be collected and used.

You could not 'stalk' somebody with this tool unless you were having an ongoing conversation with them.





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dublinben  ·  3580 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Facebook itself was the source and cause for this potential abuse. This extension did not violate any privacy or reveal any information that was not already being collected and shared by Facebook.

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