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wildzzz • today at 6:06 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

So it accessed public information using APIs and then republished that information online.

I do this. Am I an uncontrollable bot?


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Aurornis • today at 6:30 PM

Straight to jail.

I also could not understand what the “meddling” was, other than accessing data without using the rendered webpages? Did it use the API directly?

causal • today at 6:12 PM

Don't know why you're getting downvoted. We need better reporting on actual attacks vs. benign behavior.