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uuhhhhmmmm @sh.itjust.works

10mo ago

Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service

arstechnica.com Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service

Cross-server tracking suggests a new understanding of "public" chat servers.

Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14413882

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jeffw @lemmy.world

10mo ago

Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service

arstechnica.com /tech-policy/2024/04/billions-of-public-discord-messages-may-be-sold-through-a-scraping-service/

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so does it only affect public servers or any server? the text isn't quite clear on that...
- If Spy Pet's scrapper bot is on the server, then yes. It shouldn't affect private or small public servers.