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I Pasted a Link, Inspected the HTML, and Facebook Gave Me $1000
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Introduction
Imagine this: You’ve joined a private event on Facebook. The guest list is hidden, so there’s no way to know who else is attending. But what if I told you there was a simple trick to uncover it — despite Facebook’s claims of secrecy?
The Hacker Stereotype
When you hear the word “hacker,” what image comes to mind? A hooded figure surrounded by multiple screens, lines of code flashing in the dark?
Now, meet me — just an ordinary programmer, sitting late at night after work, dressed in nothing but underwear, searching not for a security flaw, but for a way to balance my ever-growing belly.
Do I have multiple console screens flashing on my monitor? Nope. Am I running some ultra-advanced Kali Linux version 10,000? Not at all. What I do have is a habit of thinking outside the box — paying attention to details, observing things others overlook. That’s it. And I believe anyone can do the same.
That’s exactly what I did here. I observed.
