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Facebook Chat Sniffer using Node.JS + node_pcap
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fb_chat_sniffer.js
var pcap = require('pcap'), // npm install pcap
tcp_tracker = new pcap.TCP_tracker(),
pcap_session = pcap.createSession('en1'); // Change to your interface
pcap_session.on('packet', function (raw_packet) {
var packet = pcap.decode.packet(raw_packet);
tcp_tracker.track_packet(packet);
});
tcp_tracker.on('http response body', function(session, http, data) {
if (data.toString('utf8').match(/^for\s\(;;\).*"from_name":/)) {
var msg = JSON.parse(data.toString('utf8').replace('for (;;);', ''));
console.log('\n\nFrom: ' + msg.ms[0].from_name + '\nTo: ' + msg.ms[0].to_name + '\nMessage: ' + msg.ms[0].msg.text);
}
});
@Gentle972
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hi, no message is displayed for me and I changed my interface.

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jchaney commented Feb 12, 2012

It used to work.. guessing Facebook or something in Node has changed. I'll play with it some more this weekend see if I can get it working again.

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19h commented Nov 8, 2014

@jchaney it's impossible since Facebook deployed HSTS.

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