We’ve heard that adage in reference to using Facebook, Twitter, and a variety of others for quite a few years. While it absolutely does apply for general web users, in the API space, it takes on a more sinister tone. When you’re working with an API, it’s usually because it makes a piece of your […]
Note: To be clear, I am not accusing AirBnb or Facebook – or anyone else – of allowing this. According to my understanding of their Acceptable Use Policies and the law, this is way out of bounds and likely to result in trouble for all involved. Do not do it. Updated March 2018: I have […]
This is the third of what is intended to be a three part series. To catch up, read “Social Media for Social Evil – Part I: Impersonation” and “Social Media for Social Evil – Part II: Network Analysis“. Since some of the darker parts of the web have been doing these things for *years*, I’m […]
This is the second of what is intended to be a three part series. To catch up, read “Social Media for Social Evil – Part I“. Since some of the darker parts of the web have been doing these things for *years*, I’m going to cover them in great detail here. Hopefully people can take […]
This is the first of what is intended to be a three part series. I’ve used this space to talk about the concepts of Open Source Intelligence using Social Networks with the early analysis focused on LinkedIn (Part 1, Part 2). This weekend when Mike Arrington created a fake Eric Schmidt (CEO of Google) on […]