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

[m3shrom]

> 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...

If we could do a version on this that got email sand put them into a csv
it would indeed be great thing.

Have a look at this site.

http://www.friendstogmail.com
it would be possible to do a similar app to export friends to thunderbird
but - of course the bastards don't want you to do this see the faq
http://www.friendstogmail.com/about

"Does this download email addresses and phone numbers?

Short answer: no. Long answer: Facebook doesn't provide developers with
a way to retrieve this data. I am looking into ways of circumventing
this restriction though and will provide an option soon. Please follow
@FriendsToGmail or @dwlz for updates. "

So maybe this guy could use some help.

Also I totally get your point on one level. ie - you shouldn't give a
database of your mates to a corporation. Maybe I should reconsider it or
at least make it clear that it's not great.

It did just make me one big step closer to leaving facebook tho and has
saved me a big job of trying to get in touch with all these people and
getting their email.

nice one
mick