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Commands tagged privacy

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lynx -useragent=Opera -dump 'http://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_friends.php?u=Bilal Butt&__a=1' |gawk -F'\"t\":\"' -v RS='\",' 'RT{print $NF}' |grep -v '\"n\":\"' |cut -d, -f2
2011-07-27 12:55:00
User: blueperson
Functions: cut gawk grep
Tags: privacy facebook
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View facebook friend list [hidden or not hidden]
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sudo -K
2010-10-05 12:44:26
User: b_t
Functions: sudo
Tags: Security sudo privacy
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Make sudo forget password instantly

By default sudo 'remembers' password for a few minutes, so that you do not need to re-enter password for a series of sudo commands that might follow within a short time duration.

However, sometime you might want sudo to instantly 'forget' the password.

(Next sudo command will need you to reenter the password)

Credit: I first learned this while listening to one of the 'tuxradar' podcast.

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lynx -useragent=Opera -dump 'http://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_friends.php?ninatodorovic&__a=1' |gawk -F'\"t\":\"' -v RS='\",' 'RT{print $NF}' |grep -v '\"n\":\"' |cut -d, -f2
2010-07-16 04:34:51
User: Docmeze
Functions: cut gawk grep
Tags: privacy facebook
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View facebook friend list [hidden or not hidden]
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http://www.facebook.com/#!/ninatodorovic?ref=ts
2010-07-16 04:32:46
User: Docmeze
Tags: privacy facebook
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View facebook friend list [hidden or not hidden]
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dhclient -r && rm -f /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient* && sed "s=$(hostname)=REPLACEME=g" -i /etc/hosts && hostname "$(echo $RANDOM | md5sum | cut -c 1-7 | tr a-z A-Z)" && sed "s=REPLACEME=$(hostname)=g" -i /etc/hosts && macchanger -e eth0 && dhclient
2009-09-28 22:07:31
User: syssyphus
Functions: hostname rm sed
Tags: privacy
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randomize hostname and mac address, force dhcp renew. (for anonymous networking)

this string of commands will release your dhcp address, change your mac address, generate a new random hostname and then get a new dhcp lease.

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