A 2.8GB torrent is floating around out there containing data from 100 million Facebook profiles. But don’t freak out: all the data was already available publicly. More »
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100 Million Facebook Profile Pages Leaked to Torrent Site [Privacy]
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Waiting for the kick to wake me up, or should I just shoot myself to get out of this limbo?
sqlfanatic
@Slinkytech: So friends can call you?
myingling+gizmo
How was PUBLIC information leaked to the PUBLIC?
Live N Learn
@Kaiser-Machead v.2.1.1: There’s not a day that goes by where Giz doesn’t fail to remind me why Japan is so awesome.
iTofu 3GS has no reception problems
I think the stories of this are just a tad overblown. I’m in the process of downloading the file to check it out, but here’s a list of the files contained in that 2.8GB:
facebook-f.last-withcount.txt
facebook-first.l-withcount.txt
facebook-firstnames-withcount.txt
facebook-lastnames-withcount.txt
facebook-names-original.txt
facebook-names-unique.txt
facebook-names-withcount.txt
facebook-urls.txt
So you have 100 million peoples names, and links to their profiles on facebook. Yawn. There is no profile information contained in any of these files that I can see (from the names at least).
sardonicbastard
For those who don’t see the point of the torrent: “Now what is left is generating passwords from the names (like your jsmith and smith) and trying these out to access the accounts. With that amount of data you will have many hits.” (taken straight from a commentator on Skull Security. O boy…
Tweeks
Probably the same people who put their cell phones, addresses, and email addresses on their page….WHY do people do that?!
Slinkytech
So what is it a bunch of HTML files and images so you can see their profiles without being online? Seems pretty dumb and pointless to me. Its gotta be hard to search for things like that, and I bet it will take a long time for you to index it to make it something useful.
vel0city
Public information was leaked … to the public!? A shocking turn of events.
nition1
@Kaiser-Machead v.2.1.1: LOL wtf is that?
…I enjoyed watching it. Mostly the end, where they’re dragging some BIG fish.
Slinkytech
@Kaiser-Machead v.2.1.1: I want to see that again but with tigers…
RockstarAgent
I bet everyone in here will download it just to see if there own profile made it in the pack. I wonder how they are named? 1, 2, 3, etc? by name? I can’t see myself going through all of these profiles.
SanjiX
Hmm. Facebook tests Instant Account Destruction [gizmodo.com] and now this? Coincidence? I think not! Facebook is determined to make sure that your data lives forever whether you like it or not!
On the other hand, if Google gets this, it would make it easier to migrate to their new facebook rival product currently in development: [gizmodo.com] You and your friends would already be on there once the service goes live. Genius!
iTofu 3GS has no reception problems
@Parge_Lenis: RTFA
whatne1wuddo
If anyone downloads this.. they should check and see if I’m in that database. I deleted my profile about 2 weeks ago, just wondering if my info is still on there.
hvrock13
I use Facebook to promote… hope everyones seeding. lol
DGTLHRT
does it comes with passwords?
Parge_Lenis
It still amazes me that people type anything into a text box on the web and hit submit with the assumption of privacy.
The Internet was designed to share information, that was it’s purpose, to share information efficiently and resiliently. Pretty much all security and privacy measures built into it since then are hacks, and work as effectively. Maybe I’m just old-school, one of my first jobs was managing CTOS system networks and a Gopher tcp/ip presence, but I’ve never assumed anything I put out here is private.
Zazu_Yen
@oxweeblexo: I was the same with Facebook and Myspace. They I ducked up and dove into the fray. Now I just use Facebook for other sites like Gizmodo and Vimeo.
Joshua Pellum
@Kilotonne: I hacked it. You’re pregnant.
Hellaphunt
@crazyhead: The point is, Facebook is lossy.
Hellaphunt
I don’t put crap on my Facebook that people would like to know. My statuses consist of “I’m bored”, ” brb playin drums”, and “OMG SO ****ING BORED”, so I have nothing to worry about.
Liam
Heaven forfend someone should see my video of a Japanese gameshow where cats are weightlifting.
Kaiser-Machead v.2.1.1
i have still managed not to start a facebook profile
oxweeblexo
@Hellaphunt: *very well
Hellaphunt
@Nihilexistentialist: Seemingly benign personal details could very serve as indicators.
Hellaphunt
@CutePuppyz: Or the peeping toms who care enough to look at a stranger’s boring account.
madisomi: man of ren
In other news, Google has been hacking Facebook for years.
trunicated
@CutePuppyz: Yes, because I’m sure this information will be totally useful.
Nihilexistentialist
So it’s public information, and it was “leaked” to the public. What am I missing here? Is this page on Gizmodo going to be leaked to a torrent site too? Oh nos!
crazyhead
Well that is just terrible. Sucks to be all the idiots who dont know how to set their privacy.
CutePuppyz
If someone hacks my profile, please drop me an e-mail if you see anything interesting in there, OK?
Kilotonne