New Facebook Groups Spam Exploit - WickedFire - Affiliate Marketing Forum

machinecontrol · 10-06-2010, 05:00 PM

I'm not sure if this is a feature or a bug...but with the way new Facebook groups work, you can add anyone on your friends list to the group, and they instantly become members of the group, without them having to confirm their membership or do anything.

This may mean they get notifications from the group without actually agreeing to anything.

I made a sample group to try this out:

Login | Facebook

Let's see how many people we can add to this group without their consent.

writtenstyle · 10-06-2010, 05:15 PM

That's intereting. Today when I looged on to Facebook I had a poll from FB asking how often I recieved spam in my news feeds. I answered, but they didnt show results. I guess they are doing internal polling.

Anyway, I thought getting spam via news feeds was a little wierd. I have not experienced this, but I dont join all those viral "titled" groups everyone else joins.

Jon · 10-06-2010, 05:18 PM

This is actually a lot bigger than most of us may think as of now. You can make groups for names already in use. I made groups for NAMBLA, China, GOP, Obama, WalMart, NYSE, NASDAQ, FEMA, IRS, Google, Microsoft, etc...

Obviously if someone were to oh I dunno, get their respective group uber popular in a short period of time, it has the power to influence a very good or worse, a very negative public relations scare for the company, government, etc that the group is named after.

For example:

If you were to make a group named AT&T and decided to make a few "official" Facebook spokesperson accounts to add to the fun, you could essentially launch a campaign offering FREE WIRELESS SERVICE FOR EVERYONE DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. -- Granted to many of us this would seem pretty absurd. I'd like to think we're savvy enough to pick up on it, however, seeing as how crowd manipulation and influence over the interwebz is SOOOOOOO easy already, plus tack on this as a social parody of sorts, and poof, you have yourself a publicity nightmare on a scale that would be spreading far more rapidly than any BP oil spill ever could. If only Bernays were still alive, he'd be having a field day with this for sure.

It may not be an amazing way to make money, but damage wise, holy fuck.

Shawn Collins · 10-06-2010, 05:33 PM

The crazy thing here, unless I am overlooking it, is that existing groups can invite people, but not add them without permission.

You would think Facebook would give more leeway to existing groups.

iPwnNoobs · 10-06-2010, 05:34 PM

stop fucking outing

conv3rsion · 10-06-2010, 05:51 PM

epic shit right here

Sohan · 10-06-2010, 06:10 PM

Can't wait till someone gets one of those JS things that auto adds all friends, that auto adds all friends, that auto adds all friends...

barman · 10-06-2010, 06:12 PM

jon i like how the first group, out of all of them, you created was NAMBLA

bauss · 10-06-2010, 06:55 PM

Doesn't appear to be any control over who can post nor a messaging option....

Not even a profile page notification on join.

redwings0921 · 10-06-2010, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iPwnNoobs

stop fucking outing

i gotta agree. this is one of those things you bank off of, than tell everyone about after fb catches on

Garrett · 10-06-2010, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon

This is actually a lot bigger than most of us may think as of now. You can make groups for names already in use. I made groups for NAMBLA, China, GOP, Obama, WalMart, NYSE, NASDAQ, FEMA, IRS, Google, Microsoft, etc...

Obviously if someone were to oh I dunno, get their respective group uber popular in a short period of time, it has the power to influence a very good or worse, a very negative public relations scare for the company, government, etc that the group is named after.

For example:

If you were to make a group named AT&T and decided to make a few "official" Facebook spokesperson accounts to add to the fun, you could essentially launch a campaign offering FREE WIRELESS SERVICE FOR EVERYONE DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. -- Granted to many of us this would seem pretty absurd. I'd like to think we're savvy enough to pick up on it, however, seeing as how crowd manipulation and influence over the interwebz is SOOOOOOO easy already, plus tack on this as a social parody of sorts, and poof, you have yourself a publicity nightmare on a scale that would be spreading far more rapidly than any BP oil spill ever could. If only Bernays were still alive, he'd be having a field day with this for sure.

It may not be an amazing way to make money, but damage wise, holy fuck.

yea I heard not too long ago that some dude was doing this for "Free iPad events" and made a killing pushing to ipad email and zip submits

galacon · 10-06-2010, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iPwnNoobs

stop fucking outing

Yep- there goes the script we were writing to exploit this beotch.

Reverence · 10-06-2010, 07:01 PM

All it takes is a cunt from BHW to look at this thread and make 500 threads on BHW about it just to get thanks and +rep and then every fucking person in Asia will be making groups. Good job man

adammcd · 10-06-2010, 07:02 PM

funny how, although it's getting better, people expect the internet/sites to work flawlessly. i wonder how many people will sue google for leading them into a construction zone

"a construction worker assaulted me for not wearing a hard hat but google said this was the correct route. suing for emotional damages"

ArgentCloud · 10-06-2010, 07:42 PM

Wow, this spell big trouble for people who care about what happens on facebook!

medicalhumor · 10-06-2010, 08:55 PM

Thanks for the fucking insight Einstein.
Now go back to selling myspace glitters at DP

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArgentCloud

Wow, this spell big trouble for people who care about what happens on facebook!

cryptix · 10-07-2010, 12:59 AM

i have a software that does all that..

ebtek · 10-07-2010, 10:06 AM

delete a thread

schockergd · 10-07-2010, 10:26 AM

This is the reason WF needs to be a private forum

zimok · 10-07-2010, 11:03 AM

Spendlessly · 10-07-2010, 01:07 PM

It's already dead.

babylonian · 10-07-2010, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spendlessly

It's already dead.

no, no, it's not

so, where is that code to add all the friend?

conv3rsion · 10-07-2010, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schockergd

This is the reason WF needs to be a private forum

it needs to at least have a private section.

msmith · 10-07-2010, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon

This is actually a lot bigger than most of us may think as of now. You can make groups for names already in use. I made groups for NAMBLA, China, GOP, Obama, WalMart, NYSE,

Facebook Groups Don’t Have A Privacy Problem, But Someone Needs To Can The Spam

Puttin' NAMBLA on the map!

Spendlessly · 10-07-2010, 06:20 PM

Technolog - Facebook Groups: Glitchy? Yes. Evil? Meh.

Shit Just Got NAMBLA

Spendlessly · 10-07-2010, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by babylonian

no, no, it's not

so, where is that code to add all the friend?

And yeah, you're right. I was creating the group from within my own account - facebook.com/groups is where the fun is at.

I'm still laughing about the article above.

justo_tx · 10-07-2010, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barman

jon i like how the first group, out of all of them, you created was NAMBLA

What do you have against Marlon Brando look alikes?

harrymouni · 10-07-2010, 06:50 PM

jon's techcrunch famous

Conspiracies, Privacy, Spam And NAMBLA: Facebook Groups Are Fun!

ShlomiKalfa · 10-07-2010, 06:57 PM

I understand you can make influence publicly and do some pr but how do you make money out of it ?

Jackeyy · 10-07-2010, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schockergd

This is the reason WF needs to be a private forum

This.

JoseArmando · 10-07-2010, 07:46 PM

Lol

Jon · 10-08-2010, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoseArmando

Lol

And then he left and deleted it! Hahaha!

barman · 10-08-2010, 12:32 AM

this is zuckerbergs revenge for society making a movie about him

jordanj77 · 10-08-2010, 12:52 AM

Facebook already has too much spam.. they've never bothered to fix the auto-like exploit.. people have been banking hard spamming for months and months.. you'd think with all those billions they could handle the spam a little better, rather than add new features that will just lead to more spam.

I can't wait for Facebook to die...

bitsdawg · 10-08-2010, 09:20 AM

Now Jon is Yahoo Famous:
Facebook's New Groups Feature Worries Some - Yahoo! News

Quote:

Arrington himself was added to the group by someone named Jon Fisher, one of Arrington's 4,824 Facebook friends. Fisher is also one of Calacanis's 4,740 friends.
....This Jon also claimed to have set up a fake NAMBLA page.

Hope you got some link juice out of this.

Gooddeal · 10-08-2010, 09:47 AM

name dropping everywhere

redwings0921 · 10-08-2010, 10:14 AM

do you see the oppurtunity here? this thread is linked to a top news site. it may be getting a lot of traffic. i say we promote our awesome site to help people make money. send them directly to makemoniesonline.com when they come to this thread!

klaxx · 10-08-2010, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schockergd

This is the reason WF needs to be a private forum

This again and again!!!!

montydad5000 · 10-08-2010, 10:44 AM

Wow, Jon. I was going to post the Yahoo News link but I see it's already here.

Can I please haz your autographs?

deStone · 10-08-2010, 10:47 AM

lol, time to start a new forum, every idiot on the planet is going to be signing up here now cause we give out such leet information. way to go fish.

JoseArmando · 10-08-2010, 11:54 AM

Haha this shit hit the front page of reddit.

Michael Arrington, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jason Calacanis are added to the "North American Man/Boy Love Association" group without having been given the choice to opt-in. "The groups feature now lets users automatically add existing friends to groups"

Nambla+zuckerberg= instant internets fame

Benji49 · 10-08-2010, 12:04 PM

In my niche, the first thing I tell the newsletter writers is:
1) Don't bug me about Facebook.
2) Don't bug me about Twitter
Definitely people making bank off Facebook but not in my niche so lotsa luck to you guys, keep up the good work.

YouDontKnowMe · 10-08-2010, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schockergd

This is the reason WF needs to be a private forum

nvanprooyen · 10-08-2010, 12:53 PM

Linkbait at it's best right here.

thinksmarty · 10-08-2010, 12:57 PM

I saw a insane use of this exploit today . here

nvanprooyen · 10-08-2010, 12:59 PM

Totally not clicking on that.

Seoholic · 10-08-2010, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schockergd

This is the reason WF needs to be a private forum

broker · 10-08-2010, 01:03 PM

Delete this thread. Everyone is going to find out how much money you can make using the ideas in the wickedfire forum.

070707 · 10-08-2010, 01:04 PM

"Shit just got NAMBLA"

LOLOL

broker · 10-08-2010, 01:06 PM

After a link from yahoo, computerworld and reddit this thread will be the most read thread on wickedfire.

10-06-2010, 05:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
machinecontrol юзверь Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Francisco Posts: 943 iTrader: 3 / 100%	New Facebook Groups Spam Exploit I'm not sure if this is a feature or a bug...but with the way new Facebook groups work, you can add anyone on your friends list to the group, and they instantly become members of the group, without them having to confirm their membership or do anything. This may mean they get notifications from the group without actually agreeing to anything. I made a sample group to try this out: Login \| Facebook Let's see how many people we can add to this group without their consent. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-06-2010, 05:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
writtenstyle newbie taking action Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 667 iTrader: 4 / 100%	That's intereting. Today when I looged on to Facebook I had a poll from FB asking how often I recieved spam in my news feeds. I answered, but they didnt show results. I guess they are doing internal polling. Anyway, I thought getting spam via news feeds was a little wierd. I have not experienced this, but I dont join all those viral "titled" groups everyone else joins. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-06-2010, 05:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Shawn Collins Affiliate Summit guy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 425 iTrader: 0 / 0%	The crazy thing here, unless I am overlooking it, is that existing groups can invite people, but not add them without permission. You would think Facebook would give more leeway to existing groups. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Shawn Collins Next Affiliate Summit - Philadelphia: August 18-20, 2013

10-06-2010, 05:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
iPwnNoobs Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: uswest.battle.net Posts: 1,517 iTrader: 2 / 100%	stop fucking outing Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-06-2010, 06:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sohan I'm a 'libtard' Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,656 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Can't wait till someone gets one of those JS things that auto adds all friends, that auto adds all friends, that auto adds all friends... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ “If tyranny and oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” ― James Madison

10-06-2010, 06:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
barman Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Internets Posts: 6,348 iTrader: 12 / 100%	jon i like how the first group, out of all of them, you created was NAMBLA Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Where Affiliate Marketers go for News

10-06-2010, 06:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
bauss Señor Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,197 iTrader: 10 / 100%	Doesn't appear to be any control over who can post nor a messaging option.... Not even a profile page notification on join. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-06-2010, 07:01 PM	#13 (permalink)
Reverence Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 166 iTrader: 0 / 0%	All it takes is a cunt from BHW to look at this thread and make 500 threads on BHW about it just to get thanks and +rep and then every fucking person in Asia will be making groups. Good job man Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-06-2010, 07:02 PM	#14 (permalink)
adammcd Affiliate Manager Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 196 iTrader: 0 / 0%	funny how, although it's getting better, people expect the internet/sites to work flawlessly. i wonder how many people will sue google for leading them into a construction zone "a construction worker assaulted me for not wearing a hard hat but google said this was the correct route. suing for emotional damages" Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________

10-06-2010, 07:42 PM	#15 (permalink)
ArgentCloud Coder Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 33 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Wow, this spell big trouble for people who care about what happens on facebook! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-07-2010, 12:59 AM	#17 (permalink)
cryptix Karate Kicks N Shit Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hamburgler's Rectum Posts: 1,661 iTrader: 0 / 0%	i have a software that does all that.. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ FUTURE SIGNATURE PARKING PLACE: AMAZING LINK TO BE INSERTED HERE SO THAT I CAN MAKE AFFILIATE MONIES.

10-07-2010, 10:06 AM	#18 (permalink)
ebtek Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,001 iTrader: 0 / 0%	delete a thread Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-07-2010, 10:26 AM	#19 (permalink)
schockergd Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Circleville Ohio Posts: 2,911 iTrader: 43 / 100%	This is the reason WF needs to be a private forum Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Click Here To order the best high PR blog posts

10-07-2010, 11:03 AM	#20 (permalink)
zimok Click, Whirr. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 2,224 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Create, while you still can.

10-07-2010, 01:07 PM	#21 (permalink)
Spendlessly Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 269 iTrader: 1 / 100%	It's already dead. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-07-2010, 06:20 PM	#25 (permalink)
Spendlessly Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 269 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Technolog - Facebook Groups: Glitchy? Yes. Evil? Meh. Shit Just Got NAMBLA Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-07-2010, 06:50 PM	#28 (permalink)
harrymouni Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 953 iTrader: 3 / 100%	jon's techcrunch famous Conspiracies, Privacy, Spam And NAMBLA: Facebook Groups Are Fun! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-07-2010, 06:57 PM	#29 (permalink)
ShlomiKalfa Cowabunga Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: USA Posts: 651 iTrader: 46 / 100%	I understand you can make influence publicly and do some pr but how do you make money out of it ? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-07-2010, 07:46 PM	#31 (permalink)
JoseArmando work = life Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,907 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Lol Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ "It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."

10-08-2010, 12:32 AM	#33 (permalink)
barman Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Internets Posts: 6,348 iTrader: 12 / 100%	this is zuckerbergs revenge for society making a movie about him Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Where Affiliate Marketers go for News

10-08-2010, 12:52 AM	#34 (permalink)
jordanj77 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 196 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Facebook already has too much spam.. they've never bothered to fix the auto-like exploit.. people have been banking hard spamming for months and months.. you'd think with all those billions they could handle the spam a little better, rather than add new features that will just lead to more spam. I can't wait for Facebook to die... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-08-2010, 09:47 AM	#36 (permalink)
Gooddeal Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,001 iTrader: 1 / 100%	name dropping everywhere Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Woman has pussy so that make rules, man has dick so they fuck the rules.

10-08-2010, 10:14 AM	#37 (permalink)
redwings0921 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 698 iTrader: 1 / 100%	do you see the oppurtunity here? this thread is linked to a top news site. it may be getting a lot of traffic. i say we promote our awesome site to help people make money. send them directly to makemoniesonline.com when they come to this thread! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-08-2010, 10:44 AM	#39 (permalink)
montydad5000 Running with Scissors Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: MD, USA Posts: 520 iTrader: 4 / 100%	Wow, Jon. I was going to post the Yahoo News link but I see it's already here. Can I please haz your autographs? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________

10-08-2010, 10:47 AM	#40 (permalink)
deStone Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 182 iTrader: 1 / 100%	lol, time to start a new forum, every idiot on the planet is going to be signing up here now cause we give out such leet information. way to go fish. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ I suck

10-08-2010, 11:54 AM	#41 (permalink)
JoseArmando work = life Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,907 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Haha this shit hit the front page of reddit. Michael Arrington, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jason Calacanis are added to the "North American Man/Boy Love Association" group without having been given the choice to opt-in. "The groups feature now lets users automatically add existing friends to groups" Nambla+zuckerberg= instant internets fame Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ "It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."

10-08-2010, 12:04 PM	#42 (permalink)
Benji49 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,049 iTrader: 8 / 100%	In my niche, the first thing I tell the newsletter writers is: 1) Don't bug me about Facebook. 2) Don't bug me about Twitter Definitely people making bank off Facebook but not in my niche so lotsa luck to you guys, keep up the good work. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-08-2010, 12:57 PM	#45 (permalink)
thinksmarty Lead Sales - Call Center Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: los angeles Posts: 214 iTrader: 1 / 100%	I saw a insane use of this exploit today . *here* Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-08-2010, 01:03 PM	#48 (permalink)
broker Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 21 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Delete this thread. Everyone is going to find out how much money you can make using the ideas in the wickedfire forum. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

10-08-2010, 01:06 PM	#50 (permalink)
broker Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 21 iTrader: 1 / 100%	After a link from yahoo, computerworld and reddit this thread will be the most read thread on wickedfire. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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