30 Apr
2009
30 Apr
'09
5:44 a.m.
I accidentially clicked the send invites button on facebook, I didnt
mean to, it sent it to EVERYONE in my address book :| Quite annoying.
So anyways, I do apologize for the spam.
Jason Couture
30 Apr
30 Apr
10:37 a.m.
New subject: [Wlug] Sorry about the facebook thing.
From: Jason Couture <plaguethenet(a)gmail.com>
I accidentially clicked the send invites button on
facebook, I didnt mean to, it sent it to EVERYONE in
my address book :| Quite annoying.
So anyways, I do apologize for the spam.
Jason Couture
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From: Ben LaVerriere <gonoldothrond(a)gmail.com>
In fairness, it did require some action on Jason's
part ---
Why be elaborately fair to the evil ones?
This is the third time I have gotten one of
these bot-written Facebook "invitations" which
was soon followed by apologies and annoyance
from the purported sender.
They _trick_ people into pushing the button.
But what does the button have to do with it? What
program does the button run that could not be run
without the button? Is this a gaping security hole in
the browser and operating system? Or is it an
conspiracy between Facebook and your email host?
Facebook does have a feature (?) to email
people "from your address book" at various webmail
providers,
So the webmail provider has sold out?
If I go to Facebook with Linux and Firefox
will the same happen to me?
but it won't do so without the user specifically
providing his or her credentials and approval.
You need another "(?)" after "approval".
But why not? Is that in writing, or is it
really enforced by software, or is it just
a rumor they like to spread?
More specifically, we should be upset at Jason for
not noticing that WLUG isn't a person when asking
Facebook to send those messages, not at Facebook for
letting him do so.
To be fair, you shouldn't have to be checking
all kinds of occult trivia to prevent
your entire address book from getting
sent to any website that asks for it.
Facebook did not _let_ him send it.
This is one of the headers of that message:
Received: from mx-out.facebook.com
(outmail018.snc1.tfbnw.net [69.63.178.177])
by SMTP.WPI.EDU (8.14.2/8.14.2)
with ESMTP id n3TG9iIT026912
for <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>rg>;
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:09:50 -0400
(envelope-from invite+2maswggx(a)facebookmail.com)
that clearly shows it was transfered directly
from Facebook to WPI, Jason had little to do with it.
I think I will stay upset with Microsoft,
Facebook, and the webmail corporations
and side with the human.
-- Keith
7:17 a.m.
New subject: [Wlug] Sorry about the facebook thing.
LOL.
There is no confirmation either, Once that button is clicked and the
post request sent, Even if you attempt to abort it, the emails go out.
It really sucks, and the buttons are so small and close together...
lol bleh.
But regardless it was my mistake. Be careful what you click :P
Espically when you have an addressbook with like, 9000 addresses in it
lol.
That and the fact that im a bit of an idiot does tend to add into the
whole mistake making fiasco. :P
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote:
From: Jason
Couture <plaguethenet(a)gmail.com>
I accidentially clicked the send invites button on
facebook, I didnt mean to, it sent it to EVERYONE in
my address book :| Quite annoying.
So anyways, I do apologize for the spam.
Jason Couture
------------------------
From: Ben LaVerriere
<gonoldothrond(a)gmail.com>
In fairness, it did require some action on Jason's
part ---
Why be elaborately fair to the evil ones?
This is the third time I have gotten one of
these bot-written Facebook "invitations" which
was soon followed by apologies and annoyance
from the purported sender.
They _trick_ people into pushing the button.
But what does the button have to do with it? What
program does the button run that could not be run
without the button? Is this a gaping security hole in
the browser and operating system? Or is it an
conspiracy between Facebook and your email host?
Facebook does have a feature (?) to email
people "from your address book" at various webmail
providers,
So the webmail provider has sold out?
If I go to Facebook with Linux and Firefox
will the same happen to me?
but it won't do so without the user
specifically
providing his or her credentials and approval.
You need another "(?)" after "approval".
But why not? Is that in writing, or is it
really enforced by software, or is it just
a rumor they like to spread?
More specifically, we should be upset at Jason
for
not noticing that WLUG isn't a person when asking
Facebook to send those messages, not at Facebook for
letting him do so.
To be fair, you shouldn't have to be checking
all kinds of occult trivia to prevent
your entire address book from getting
sent to any website that asks for it.
Facebook did not _let_ him send it.
This is one of the headers of that message:
Received: from mx-out.facebook.com
(outmail018.snc1.tfbnw.net [69.63.178.177])
by SMTP.WPI.EDU (8.14.2/8.14.2)
with ESMTP id n3TG9iIT026912
for <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>rg>;
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:09:50 -0400
(envelope-from invite+2maswggx(a)facebookmail.com)
that clearly shows it was transfered directly
from Facebook to WPI, Jason had little to do with it.
I think I will stay upset with Microsoft,
Facebook, and the webmail corporations
and side with the human.
-- Keith
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10:38 a.m.
New subject: [Wlug] Sorry about the facebook thing.
Keith Wright wrote:
So the webmail provider has sold out?
No, it's actually worse than that. Facebook offers to do "useful" things
with
your address book. In order to get at your address book, it encourages you to
give it your webmail provider, username, and password. Doesn't *that* sound
like a good idea?
If I go to Facebook with Linux and Firefox
will the same happen to me?
Yep - it's cross platform and cross browser compatible evil!
--
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WPI Senior Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken
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11:22 a.m.
New subject: [Wlug] Sorry about the facebook thing.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 06:38:56AM -0400, Frank Sweetser wrote:
Keith Wright wrote:
It doesn't even take a real candy bar these days for people to give up
their login credentials to third parties. The excitement of being
able to SuperPoke someone, play Mafia Wars, and spend *real cash* to
send "Limited Edition" icons of pink panties to friends is enough.
So the webmail provider has sold out?
No, it's actually worse than that. Facebook offers to do "useful" things
with
your address book. In order to get at your address book, it encourages you to
give it your webmail provider, username, and password. Doesn't *that* sound
like a good idea? 
3 p.m.
New subject: [Wlug] Sorry about the facebook thing.
More worrysome for me than the data mining practices is that as a dad
with three kids that use Facebook, are the intellectual property rights
issues that have cropped up over the last few years. Facebook has eased
off a bit, but my understanding is that a typical user's content can be
commercially expoited in perpetuity by Facebook if they feel like it.
More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook in the "Terms
of Use" controversy section.
--
Mike
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