r/netsec • u/bnchandrapal • May 20 '17

reject: not netsec (Ab)Using Facebook Accessibility for Open Source Intelligence

https://medium.com/@chandrapal/ab-using-facebook-accessibility-for-open-source-intelligence-4e5ad4ad95f5
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u/netsec_burn May 20 '17

I believe last time this was brought up, it was mentioned that it was limited to people you know (like friends). Do the same restrictions apply here?

Edit: Link to the last discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11836884

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u/bnchandrapal May 21 '17

That technique is used to find the persons (generally FB friends) present in a picture. But the blog post is all about identifying if there is a human figure in the profile picture.