Comments on: Microsoft’s Facebook Export http://theharmonyguy.com/2008/03/27/microsofts-facebook-export/ Investigating privacy and security issues in online social networking Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:47:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: theharmonyguy http://theharmonyguy.com/2008/03/27/microsofts-facebook-export/comment-page-1/#comment-141 theharmonyguy Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:39:28 +0000 http://theharmonyguy.com/2008/03/27/microsofts-facebook-export/#comment-141 That's pretty much the way it seems. I already know of several Facebook URIs that return HTML fragments or JSON data for various pages, so I figure there's an undocumented one being used here. I do find it odd that Facebook would give Microsoft this much access and not even let users download the addresses. For applications I can understand avoiding spam, but what about an approved friend who already has access to people's profiles? Who knows what Facebook may have in the works, though. They just added that "People You May Know" feature, and yesterday as I was exploring some code, I encountered a page with several JS files I hadn't seen before... and a little later, they had disappeared form the source again. They do involve iframes and cookies, so perhaps they're related to the sort of API Microsoft is using. That’s pretty much the way it seems. I already know of several Facebook URIs that return HTML fragments or JSON data for various pages, so I figure there’s an undocumented one being used here.

I do find it odd that Facebook would give Microsoft this much access and not even let users download the addresses. For applications I can understand avoiding spam, but what about an approved friend who already has access to people’s profiles?

Who knows what Facebook may have in the works, though. They just added that “People You May Know” feature, and yesterday as I was exploring some code, I encountered a page with several JS files I hadn’t seen before… and a little later, they had disappeared form the source again. They do involve iframes and cookies, so perhaps they’re related to the sort of API Microsoft is using.

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