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Message-scraping, user-tracking service #SpyPet shut down by #Discord
#privacy

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020247

Message-scraping, user-tracking service Spy Pet shut down by Discord - Enlarge (credit: Discord)

Spy Pet, a service that sold access ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020247 #discordservers #kiwifarms #security #discord #privacy #policy #spypet #tech #chat

"The news is not only a brazen abuse of #Discord’s platform, but also highlights that Discord messages may be more susceptible to monitoring than ordinary users assume. ... [#SpyPet] claims to be tracking more than 14,000 servers, 600 million users, & includes a database of more than 3 billion messages." https://www.404media.co/a-spy-site-is-scraping-discord-and-selling-users-messages/

Here's an interesting development:

Allegedly, Spy Pet is linked to Kiwi Farms, which has quite the (negative) reputation...

Also #Discord apparently knew about Spy Pet in Feb 2024.

Beware #opsec when using Discord. It's not just Discord harvesting your communications on the platform.

#privacy #spypet

https://www.404media.co/spy-site-selling-discord-messages-linked-to-kiwi-farms/

The list of known #SpyPet accounts has been published. Recommend mass-banning them ASAP: gist.github.com/Dziurwa14/05db50c66e4dcc67d129838e1b9d739a

#Discord

Do you run a #Discord? Here's how to get #SpyPet out of your house.

Eine Online-Plattform namens #SpyPet hat in großem Stil Daten von #Discord-Servern abgegriffen und ermöglicht es beispielsweise, Aktivitäten einzelner Nutzer komplett zu verfolgen. https://winfuture.de/news,142335.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images)

It's easy to get the impression... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2017957 #cryptocurrency #discordservers #datascraping #webscraping #security #scraping #discord #privacy #policy #spypet #tech #chat

If you use Discord, you might wanna know this.

A service called Spy Pet is scraping Discord servers, archiving and tracking users' messages and activity, and then selling access to that data.

Spy Pet scrapes more than 10,000 Discord servers, and besides selling access to anyone with cryptocurrency, it offers the data for training AI models or to assist law enforcement agencies, according to its website.

Spy Pet claims to be tracking more than 14,000 servers, 600 million users, and includes a database of more than 3 billion messages.

(The article is paywalled probably, etc but it's here) https://www.404media.co/a-spy-site-is-scraping-discord-and-selling-users-messages

#Discord #security #SpyPet #privacy #scams #scammers #crypto #cryptocurrency #AI

Spy.pet is harvesting your Discord history with no ability to opt-out

https://stackdiary.com/spy-pet-is-harvesting-your-discord-history-with-no-ability-to-opt-out/

#Discord #SpyPet #Privacy #Security #GDPR