Comment on Facebook leaks user's IP addressesComments−hachiya16yYep. Confirmed. Command line example:Take the Base64 string from this line in the headers:X-Facebook: from zuckmail ([OTguMTgzLjI0Ny4yMTg=]) $ ruby -rbase64 -e "puts Base64::decode64('NzQuMTI1Ljk1LjEwNA==')" 74.125.95.104−bobbyi16yThat confirms that it's a IP address, not that it's his.−spc47616yI did the same for two Facebook notifications, from different friends, and both tagged their city (Tuscaloosa, AL didn't surprise me, but Blountstown, FL? That's fairly targetted).−rm-rf16yOr - that confirms that it's 32 bit number that when represented as a dotted quad appears to be an IP address.
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Yep. Confirmed. Command line example:
Take the Base64 string from this line in the headers:
X-Facebook: from zuckmail ([OTguMTgzLjI0Ny4yMTg=])
That confirms that it's a IP address, not that it's his.
I did the same for two Facebook notifications, from different friends, and both tagged their city (Tuscaloosa, AL didn't surprise me, but Blountstown, FL? That's fairly targetted).
Or - that confirms that it's 32 bit number that when represented as a dotted quad appears to be an IP address.