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SocialNetworkingSites:DataMiningandInvestigativeTechniquesStevePatton,CISSPTheopinionsexpressedhereinaresolelythoseoftheauthor.
CommonSenseAvoidchildpornbynotdownloadinggraphics.
PayattentiontoTermsofServicerequirements.
Donotbypasssitecontrols.
Thisisnotcracking.
Beagoodnetizen–donotoverloadyourtarget.
SocialNetworkingSitesBasedonsitestructure:MySpaceeasytomine,butmessyHTMLFriendstereasytomineBeboeasytomineXuqamoderateFacebookdifficult:mustbefriendSocialNetworkingSitesBasedonGoogleresults:MySpace93MillionFriendster1MillionBebo7.
5MillionXuqa--Facebook300KXanga9MInformationavailableonSNSFriends,interests,contactinformation,historicalinformation,picturesandmore.
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Frequentlytheinformationisunstructured,andrandom.
Itcanalsobeoutdatedorinaccurate.
DataMiningonSNSSitestructureiskey:Profilesaregenerallylinkedbyanaccount#orIDProfilecontainsprofilepageblogpage(s)picturepage(s)commentpage(s)DataMiningonSNSSearchScrapeRecoverAnalyzeProfileBlogComments02347972131789836788723859373849673227856239SpiderprofileStorepagesExtracttextfromrecoveredpagesFactoids2runsagainstidenticalsearchcriteria:September2006774profiles750Mrecovered140KcommentsApril2007698profiles953Mrecovered145KcommentsInvestigatingRememberthatprofilesaredynamic.
Manyuserschangetheirprofiledaily.
Printorsavecopiesasneeded.
Thewebishighlylinked.
Followthelinkstogetabetterpictureofwhatyouarelookingfor.
Therearemanymillionsofpages.
Honeyoursearchoryouwillwasteyourtime.
SearchingChecksearchenginecaches!
Thecachedpagemayholdgoldwhilethecurrentpageonlyhascoal.
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Differentenginesmayhavedifferentresults,thoughitisTOUGHtocompetewithGoogle!
SigningInManysitesrestrictcontenttomembersonly.
Toseemorecontent,youhavetoregisterandsignin.
Possibledrawbacksinclude:MaintaininganIDandpasswordLossofanonymityTippingoffyourtargetEthicalissuesaroundtermsofserviceEvidentiaryissuesaroundinvestigatorymethodsViewingTip1(Easy)Frequentlyprofilesarehardtoreadduetobackgroundsandcolorschemes.
zDragyourmouseacrosscommenttext.
zSelectthetextbyholdingtheleftmousebuttonasyoudrag.
zTheselectedtextwillchangecolorsperhapsbecomingreadable.
ViewingTip2(Medium)(Incasetheprevioustipfailed.
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)z(Firefox/Mozilla)FromtheViewmenu,chooseView->PageStyle->NoStylez(InternetExplorer)FromtheToolsmenu,chooseTools->InternetOptions->Generalandthenselectfonts/colorsthatimprovepagereadability.
ViewingTip3(Hard)zRightclickwhilehoveringoverthebackgroundzSelect"viewsource"zSavetheresultingfilezEditthefile,removingfromtozSaveandviewtheresultingfilePicturesPicturesareavaluablepartofaprofile.
FindmorebyfollowinglinksandobservingURLsintheHTML.
Fewphotowebsitesprovidedirectorylistings,butifyoulookthroughtheHTML,you'llfindsomethatdo!
Permissions"PrivateProfiles"orSign-inpages(logonscreens)aregenerallydeadendsindicatingtheremainingcontentisprotected.
Don'ttamperwiththelock!
Somephotohostingsites(Yourmileagemayvary)imageshack.
com–noalbumstinypic.
com–noalbumsphotobucket.
com–dependsonthealbumowner916online.
com–wideopenYou'llhavetoexperimenttodeterminecurrentstatusoftheseandothers.