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Data-mining Twitter for personal information

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I'm a bit of a data miner myself. Tried using facebook? https://graph.facebook.com/search?q=my%20phone%20number&...

+1, I'm a long time lurker, but never bothered to make an account. That post warranted it though. I've never been so amazed.

Facebook's API is definitely something that I have played with as of late. It is being incorporated into a somewhat related project I have in the works so I might have something to say more about it once I have worked with it a bit more.

Really in an essence the data on Facebook is mostly the same as Twitter except that there's a bit more content involved.

Agreed. Well when you have something new to share, i hope i read it. Im really interested in the social dynamics involved in an age we moving to where notions personal data and of privacy are willingly becoming obsolete (as noticed by the apathetic people your bot responded to).

Wow ... I glanced at that link, not expecting the sort of information I just saw. I feel really awkward seeing those random people's Facebook posts.

That's really uncomfortable.

With great power comes great responsibility.

In the data mining world: With great power comes the struggle for profitability.

Fixed that for ya.

If this makes you uncomfortable, dont bother looking at their documentation… the depth and amount of data you can get about a single person is mind numbimg. Check out wolfram alphas facebook tool on yourself if you have an account if you want a peek: http://www.wolframalpha.com/facebook/

Ok, maybe I'm missing the point of this, but aren't phone numbers, by their nature, mostly public information anyway? There's this big fat book that maps name to phone number, and I'm sure there are a few online versions as well.

If you're not trying to make your Twitter handle anonymous, then why not tweet your phone number?

i wonder how many people get social engineered to give up bank account info, proprietary information and etc because they all miss the point of people using their public available info they posted online such as emails, geolocation data, phone numbers.

enough ruin some peoples lives… but yeah, keep calm carry on nothing to see here…

There's a lot worse than just your phone number. A lot of people, enough to have some twitter handles dedicated to it, post their new credit card, or their dad's credit card on their Twitter account, because they're excited about getting a credit card, or getting to use their dad's credit card.

https://twitter.com/NeedADebitCard

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