it emerged that RCMP spies have used the software tools at their disposal to access the dark web, but also to see Facebook users’ friends list, even if it had been set to private.
The powerful software itself allows RCMP to conduct their surveillance while going undercover.
I can't even parse this. I'm reading the source now.
“dark web crawler”
This is almost certainly a normal web crawler for TOR addresses.
a tool which can “unlock friends on private friend lists,”
used software on a “covert laptop” in its investigation of organized crime and motorcycle gangs, it noted. The software also enables officers to extract entire timelines of Facebook users into Excel forms.
This story is that Mounties are using cop tools to find crime and shit, violating people's "facebook privacy". Looks like they have a nice kit on an "undercover" laptop, sweet.
If anything, I'm disappointed that the Canadians appear to have used a code name that can be used to infer the purpose of the project. If you can use the code name to work out what it is, it's just a name, not a code name.
I can't even parse this. I'm reading the source now.
This is almost certainly a normal web crawler for TOR addresses.
So the Mutual Friends trick? https://github.com/prili/fb-hfc
This story is that Mounties are using cop tools to find crime and shit, violating people's "facebook privacy". Looks like they have a nice kit on an "undercover" laptop, sweet.
Found one!
If anything, I'm disappointed that the Canadians appear to have used a code name that can be used to infer the purpose of the project. If you can use the code name to work out what it is, it's just a name, not a code name.