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Re:Facebook Hidden Friends Vulnerability? by dattemp5341 on Monday June 02, 2014 @05:09AM (#7832563)
Yes, gathering publicly available data is definitely authorized.

On the other hand, publishing it could get you in trouble if you do it without the person's consent.

Source: armchair lawyer

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Re:Facebook Hidden Friends Vulnerability? by abritishguy on Monday June 02, 2014 @06:11AM (#7832699)
Scraping facebook is against the TOS.
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Re:Facebook Hidden Friends Vulnerability? by psykovsky on Monday June 02, 2014 @08:33AM (#7833110)
Terms of Service aren't law.
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Re:Facebook Hidden Friends Vulnerability? by abritishguy on Friday June 06, 2014 @07:22AM (#7857216)
They practically are in the UK under misuse of computer act.
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