Facebook 'Stalker' Tool Uses Graph Search For Data Mining 38
angry tapir writes "Mining small details from Facebook has become even easier with Graph Search, the site's new search engine that returns personalized results from natural-language queries. Graph Search granularly mines Facebook's vast user data: where people have visited, what they like and if they share those same preferences with their friends. 'FBStalker' is a Python script debuted at the Hack in the Box security conference in Kuala Lumpur. In its current form, FBStalker runs in the Chrome browser on OS X, entering queries into Facebook's Graph Search and pulling data. Even if a person's profile is locked down to strangers, their friends' open profiles can be examined, giving an indication, for example, who the person may be close with. FBStalker uses Graph Search to find photos in which two people are tagged in, comments on profiles and more."
Re:What if one has no FB ? (Score:2, Informative)
Yes it's called a shadow profile I believe. They collect information about you based on your friends posts and they store it for when you're finally ready to sign up for their great service! http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/what-exactly-is-a-facebook-shadow-profile/
Re:What if one has no FB ? (Score:4, Informative)
If I remember well, I had to optout of some new google feature, 3-4 years ago or so, related to what is g+ now.
Maybe you didn't.
google has pushed g+ a lot.
if you're not on g+, then there's a lot of ways you can join by one clicking by accident. iirc gtalk was turned into g+ too. if you have a youtube account then you're on g+ now("upgrade account" click).
if you're not seeing g+ spam on gdrive and gmail then you might want to check again if you already have a g+ account.