Collaborate Disseminate
A researcher scraped and archived public Parler posts before the conservative social networking service was taken down by Amazon, Apple and Google. Continue reading Researcher Builds Parler Archive Amid Amazon Suspension
Social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn have collected personal information on hundreds of millions of subscribers. They have also promised those subscribers that their data will only be shared or used for particular purposes—agreements that … Continue reading California Federal Court Weighs In (Again) on Social Media Scraping
By Sudais Asif
According to researchers, the trove of data was left for public access without any security authentication.
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Facebook is accusing a developer of collecting username and password credentials from thousands of accounts, and it is separately alleging that a European service distributed fake likes and comments throughout Instagram. In an announcement Thursday, the social media company said it is taking legal action against software developer Mohammad Zaghar and his company, Massroot8, for allegedly operating a service that compelled Facebook users to provide their personal information. Zaghar’s company would ask users for their username and password, then scrape the site for data about their friends, using a bot to sneak past Facebook’s security controls and collect vast amounts of data quickly, according to the suit. The company also said it has sued MGP25 Cyberint Services for selling automation software that produces fabricated likes and comments on Instagram. The Spanish firm made money by mimicking the Instagram app while using code that connected outsiders to actual Instagram accounts, Facebook said. Neither defendant could […]
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Time to worry about how well the facial recognition startup protects its 3b+ database of faceprints scraped from our social media accounts? Continue reading Clearview AI loses entire database of faceprint-buying clients to hackers
Malicious mobile apps could be created to scrape and share profile information, email addresses and more. Continue reading SDKs Misused to Scrape Twitter, Facebook Account Info
The long-awaited decision found that automated scraping of publicly accessible data likely doesn’t violate the CFAA. Continue reading LinkedIn can’t block public profile data scraping, court rules
Most attacks are from botnets. The goals: spreading spam, stealing data, spreading propaganda, and social-engineering consumers for profit. Continue reading Report: 53% of social media logins are fraudulent
A “preferred Facebook Marketing Partner” is alleged to have tracked millions of Instagram users’ locations and stories. Continue reading Instagram boots ad partner for location tracking and scraping stories
Not much has changed since a year ago, when a bot was tweeting out publicly visible Venmo “drug” deals from the public-by-default company. Continue reading Millions of Venmo transactions scraped (again)