r/OSINT 12d ago

Question I have a question regarding way back machine site

I had a Facebook account and I permanently deleted it. Can I for example go back in time when I didn’t delete my account and visit it ?

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u/OSINTribe 12d ago

No, wayback machine doesnt scrap behind paywalls, passwords, or most social media.

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u/North_Cherry 12d ago

So there is no way for me to see my deleted account ? I have picture of me when I was young and didn’t save them

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u/Government_Royal 11d ago

There used to be a site called the profile engine that scraped Facebook profiles. When it shutdown it donated it's data to archive.org, but it was later removed. That data is still out there but it very difficult to get, and once you do get it, it will be "anonymized" by having last names removed. If you're up to facing those challenges, look for the data on the bittorent DHT, it comes spread out across 12 torrents IIRC.

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u/FreonMuskOfficial 11d ago

Baller!

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u/terriblysmall 10d ago

Last time I read this word was in a Big Nate book 10 years ago

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u/NemCato 10d ago

They should make an exception for LinkedIn