[HacktionLab] how to get your email contacts from facebook account

[Charlie Harvey]

On 18/03/12 15:36, m3shrom wrote:
> 
>> This could be very useful in helping people to escape FB
>> I am going to use myself as a test case. I'll let you know how i get on.
>>
> 
> This is going to be a great workshop!!!!
> 
> It works but it's a pain to do the last bit. It's clear that they don't
> really want you to do this.
> 
> You can get the contacts into yahoo from facebook in the following way.

Hi,

Sorry, I'm probably being daft but as you've explained it you're putting
people's private emails into yet another online service without their
consent? Just because they were silly enough not to hide their email in
FB, its now also in the Yahoo! database as well.

It'd be cool to do something similar without leaking their email to
Yahoo! I guess...

Cheers,

> Create a yahoo mail account or log into one you already have (it may be
> heasier to create a disposable one for this process.
> 
> Log into Facebook & Yahoo mail
> 
> Go to http://address.yahoo.com
> 
> Go To Tools > Import
> 
> Click on Facebook Icon
> 
> Click 'OK' when asked ' Do you want to share your contacts with Yahoo'
> in the pop up window.
> 
> This should transfer your contacts across. It may take sometime for them
> to appear.
> 
> 
> *** Export contacts out of Yahoo into a CSV file
> 
> Normally you can export your contacts as a csv type file which would
> make it easier to export into different formats. However seemingly they
> don't want you to be able to do this with the ones exported from
> facebook as if you try then you download an empty file (boo!)
> So to get around this we are doing to do a bit of format hacking.
> 
> 
> Go to http://address.yahoo.com
> 
> go to Tools > Print
> 
> Select Entire Address Book & Basic View
> 
> Click Display for printing
> 
> This will show you a web page with all your contacts and email
> Use your mouse to select and copy all of these contacts
> 
> Then open a very basic text editor like gedit, bluefish or notepad
> 
> Paste in the content of your clipboard. You'll get entries in this kind
> of format.
> 
> ****a La****
> b****ng at reelrebelsradio.com
> 	
> Paul ****
> b******ovies at yahoo.com
> M***s B******le
> b***********catpress at hotmail.com
> 	
> W**y ****ds
> b*******up at hotmail.com
> 
> 
> This is a bit annoying but with a bit of find and replacing you should
> be able able to get it into a format like this.
> 
> P**** ****t,bi****es at yahoo.com,
> Ma**** Bj*****,b*******s at hotmail.com,
> 
> Names and emails on on line
> 
> You should then be able to paste this information to a spreadsheet so
> that First Name Second Name and email for each column and then you can
> save this as a csv file.
> 
> It would be great to know how to create a script to do this kind of
> thing. Or an online form if we are going to do this as a workshop as
> this part of it is kind of annoying.
> 
> *** Import CSV to Thunderbird
> 
> Then open Thunderbird, go to address book tab
> Got to Tools >  Import
> Choose Address Book from options
> Click Next
> Select Text File
> click Next
> Browse for your csv file
> Match up the 'Address Book Fields' with the 'Record Data to import'
> (this will make sense when you see it)
> click Next
> 
> Your Facebook contacts are ready for you to use in Thunderbird.
> You can now email them telling then that you have a new aktvix email
> accound, network23 blog and indy.im microblog and invite them to do the
> same.
> 
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