watzon

5y

I found out recently that Facebook is embedding tracking data in the form of IPTC metadata in images that you upload. This way the images can be tracked even after you download them.

Because I'm an anarchist and just want to watch the world burn a little, I made a tiny server to replace the id hash that they embed with a random one, just to see if I can't fuck with their algorithm a little bit.

You can check out the project here https://github.com/watzon/fbmdob

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16

inaba

4589

5y

God damn it that means there's spyware in like half my fox picture collection D:
4

watzon

4587

5y

@Abrynos nope, the fb one is the only one that gets added when photos are uploaded so that's the only one I bothered with. They wouldn't want to be too overt.
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badcopnodonuts

2546

5y

A like what you’ve done here today. You will be my first recruit for the resistance.. 😁
1

saas

1301

5y

If you were going to use crystal, ya should have named it meth cuz that's what it's gonna do to fb servers 😂
1

AleCx04

27705

5y

this is why i am subscribed to you man. Pure gold!
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watzon

4587

5y

@rendezvous done 😄
1

Master167

353

5y

Why do they do this? What is the benefit to their ad revenue software?
0

cervantes01

673

5y

I fully support this work.
1

Krokoklemme

4453

5y

@inaba dude... You have a fox picture collection? Can I have some?
5

inaba

4589

5y

@Krokoklemme There's also a couple of servals in there

https://dropbox.com/sh/...
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netikras

34814

5y

I've read that subsequent uploads modify the token
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watzon

4587

5y

@netikras makes sense. They want to be able to track it by uploader
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watzon

4587

5y

Made a website https://devrant.com/rants/2182104/...
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yaroster

13

5y

Mm Yes, I love me some spywares in my pictures.
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feuerherz

3655

1y

how is sth like this even legal from fb?

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