Message-scraping, user-tracking service Spy Pet shut down by Discord
by Ars Technica
Ars Technica— Bot-driven service was also connected to targeted harassment site Kiwi Farms.
Neowin—Spy Pet, accused of scraping billions of public messages, taken down by Discord. Discord has shut down Spy Pet website, accused of scraping and selling billions of messages of almost Discord users for crypto. Associated accounts connected to the site have also been banned.
Kotaku—Discord Takes Aim At Bots Mining User Data. Last week, journalist co-op 404 Media reported on Spy Pet, a site that was mining billions of Discord messages from nearly 620 million users and selling access to that data for as little as $5. After investigating the matter, Discord has announced that the accounts connected to that repository have been banned and the company is considering legal action. According to an April 26 404 Media story, Spy Pet had been trawling roughly 14,000 Discord servers for a few months now, collecting tons of...
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk—Green fingered service users get growing and sowing in Kettering. This has been made possible thanks to a recent donation of more than £1,100 from Kettering town councillor Keli Watts – part of the North Northamptonshire Council Councillor Empowerment Fund. The new greenhouse, installed at Teamwork Trust’s Kettering centre, has empowered service users - autistic adults, people with learning disabilities and individuals with mental health needs – to plant their first vegetables and herbs. The funding has also equipped the charity with new gardening tools,...