Facebook, and why you shouldn't link pictures from it.

[Neikos 968]

A lot of us are on facebook, we use it to upload and share pictures. We have set them to private, so no-one can access them, right? Right? Well, think again.

 

 

This right here is a picture of a plant, a Wisteria to be exact. You can see it, which means you have access to it.

 

Now access it here: http://www.facebook....&type=3

 

And suddenly you can't anymore. ( Unless you are in my friends list. )

 

There is pretty much nothing Facebook can do about that, but they don't need to. It doesn't work in the reverse way. Would you be able to guess the numbers required there? You can't. They are probably randomly generated. And either way that is not what I want to talk about. I want to talk about how you can trace back a photo to it's owner. And it's really simple! Just some copy pasting indeed.

 

First, let's look at the file name:

 

37685_144542748892609_100000106553162_444212_7023633_n.jpg

 

Loads of numbers, there is no sense in it... but! What you probably don't know is that: the third number from the right is actually your profile id!

So we take that out which gives us:

 

100000106553162

 

Now what to do with that? Easy! You just paste it after this link:

 

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=

 

so this gives us: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000106553162

 

Oh noes! You have found me! ( I don't mind. )

 

 

And that is why you shouldn't link pictures from facebook, unless you don't care about your internet life seeping into your private life.

 

 

Edit:

Oh and please, don't turn this into a "This is why I don't use Facebook!!!1" thread. I didn't make it to complain, but to inform. So keep it that way, thank you.

Edited April 18, 2012 by Neikos Jubilee

[Nah 3,182]

Another reason why, internet filters! Block the entire website or certain pages!

 

That is why I don't use facebook period.

[NewCalamity 3,454]

Interesting piece of information there, never knew such a thing. Makes me all the more glad that I took measures to deactivate my account, along with the pictures that were on it.

Edited April 18, 2012 by NewCalamity

[Shadow Stallion 436]

Omg, that is so interesting !

[Vicke 3,189]

Thank you for letting us know about this. Myself had no clue about this.

 

Btw, added you on FB if thats ok :3

[Neikos 968]

Thank you for letting us know about this. Myself had no clue about this.

 

Btw, added you on FB if thats ok :3

 

Sure

[Gone for good 1,593]

Hmm, well considering that i usually link other people's pictures, does this mean that I've shown the pony and other wacko internet worlds all of my friends personal lives?

Edited April 18, 2012 by lordbababa

[Neikos 968]

Hmm, well considering that i usually link other people's pictures, does this mean that I've shown the pony and other wacko internet worlds all of my friends personal lives?

 

Pretty much yeah. At least their profile and all that is public.

Edited April 18, 2012 by Neikos Jubilee

[Jibus 192]

I have 2 Facebooks, 1 for people i meet online, 2nd for people i know in real life, so if people get access to my online profile it really isnt that big of a deal

[Gizmo 206]

More reasons to try and persuade people to pass SOPA related bills... lol jk

Not sure how much it would reveal about some peoples profiles if they have their profile set to private, or "Only may only be seen by friends" and not "Viewable by friends of"

[Harebrained 39]

Facebook has been the source of so much strangeness for me. Just when I thought I had everything nice and hidden, the admin of one of the forums I frequent pulls a creeper on me and comments on my Facebook photo in PM - he looked it up via my (hidden) e-mail.

 

Gnnh.

[Starswirl the Trixie 975]

Sorry, Neikos, but 500 people are now stalking you.

 

Not because we...err...they are interested in you specifically, but instead because Lyra lives with you.

 

Does Bonbon know about this?

[Neikos 968]

No! And she shall never know! I promised...

[MVC NVMXD JVRXD 2,406]

Wow, informative. I personally deleted my facebook because of it's stupidity.

[I_wesley125 393]

I don't have time for Facebook anyways.

[QueenChrysalis 176]

if ppl find me good for then the i use face book pics of mine here all the time and if some pony add me cool if some random dude finds me well he can deal whit my speed ball gun lol but this was a vary cool post thanks for the info

[Marshmallow 1,137]

This is very interesting and good to know. I don't usually use Facebook to link pics, but now I know what the danger of it are.

 

(your profile pic is awesome btw.. sorry, had to say it! )

[CapnKrunk 307]

Facebook has a price

[FLARE 952]

Interesting, next time my sister links me to something like this, I'm going to creep her out and find out where it came from >: D

[Starshine 16,333]

I'm so gonna use this piece of information the next time someone hotlinked something from facebook

[Aureity 3,055]

Ah, clever.

Thanks for sharing that info ^^

[cuteycindyhoney 13,307]

I just use photobucket

[Arylett Charnoa 4,919]

Ah, I never link pictures from Facebook anyway because I'm always paranoid that people won't be able to see them due to weirdo privacy settings. So I just use Photobucket instead.

 

But good information! I guess it justifies my struggle... and gives me more ways to stalk people.

[RDashFan85 46]

I don't post any personal information on there because Mark will just sell the information to the Government, What a lousy a hole.

[PixiGlow 36]

+ 1 to Stalker skills!

 

I'm more worried that your Wysteria is now able to open doors!