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> "create account, use"

You mean create a fake account? Isn't that against TOS?

> "use on established test account"

Where the instructions are in English, even after changing language?

> He was wrong, period, to post to a user's page

Mark Z. is not just any user. FB is publicly traded, yes, but he is basically Facebook. It's not like he 'hacked into' someone's account.

The initial proof of concept post went to another user, not Mark Z. That was Facebook's basis for denying the claim.

You're right. Point withdrawn.

>You mean create a fake account? Isn't that against TOS?

FB allows the creation of test accounts for security research https://www.facebook.com/whitehat/accounts/

You're being a bit silly about this. The actual harm was nil.

it might be technically correct, but people don't behave like machines, so the expected outcome in the future is not clear.