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A data scraping service is selling information on what it claims to be 600 million Discord users. A report from 404 Media details Spy Pet, an online service that gathers, stores and sells troves of information from the social platform. But have no fear: It markets its services to totally trustworthy paying clients like law enforcement, AI model trainers or your average person curious about what their friends are up to. Why ask them when you can simply purchase and download a copy of their Discord activity? For as little as $5 in cryptocurrency, Spy Pet lets you access data about specific users, such as which servers they participate in, what messages theyve sent and when they joined or left voice channels. It claims to have information on an alleged 600 million users across 14,000 Discord servers and three billion messages. As for what inspired Spy Pet, its creator suggested its a classic case of doing what one enjoys and pushing personal boundaries. I like scraping, archiving, and challenging myself, the creator told 404 Media. Discord is basically the holy grail of scraping, since Discord is trying absolutely anything to combat scraping. Some people run a 5K, set a weight-loss goal or take up pickleball. Others start a social scraping service that sells data to the feds, AI companies and creepy exes. To each their own! 404 Media says the database lets you search for specific users. For each search result, a page shows the servers the user has joined (at least among those Spy Pet monitors), their connected accounts, a table showing their recent messages (including the server name, time stamps and the message itself) and their voice channel entry and exit times. Paying customers can conveniently export their preys or friends chats into a CSV file. Discord says its investigating Spy Pet and weighing its options. Discord is committed to protecting the privacy and data of our users, a company spokesperson wrote in an email to Engadget. We are currently investigating this matter. If we determine that violations of our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines have occurred, we will take appropriate steps to enforce our policies. We cannot provide further comments as this is an ongoing investigation.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/creepy-monitoring-service-sells-searchable-discord-user-data-for-as-little-as-5-170228224.html?src=rss
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TikTok is experimenting with an all-new app thats just for sharing photos with text updates. Its called TikTok Notes, and its available now in Australia and Canada. We're in the early stages of experimenting with a dedicated space for photo and text content with TikTok Notes, the company wrote in an update on X. We hope that the TikTok community will use TikTok Notes to continue sharing their moments through photo posts. Whether documenting adventures, expressing creativity, or simply sharing snapshots of one's day, the TikTok Notes experience is designed for those who would like to share and engage through photo content. Based on App Store screenshots, it appears the app will, like TikTok, have two feeds: a for you timeline of recommended content as well as a following feed. Posts appear to be very similar to what youd see scrolling Instagram (before TikTok-like video took over the app, anyway): single images or carousels of multiple photos with lengthy captions. Rumors of the Instagram-like app have been swirling for the last month as reverse engineers unearthed references in TikToks code. Some TikTok users had also seen in-app notifications about the new service in recent days. Its an interesting moment for TikTok to try to take on Instagrams central feature. Having a photo-focused app gives TikTok users a new place to share non-video content and potentially reach their existing audience. The company is also facing the possibility its main app could be banned or drawn into a lengthy legal fight in the United States, so having an alternative app could help it maintain users in the country (TikTok hasnt said when Notes might be available in the US.) It also comes at a time when many Instagram users are frustrated with Meta about the reach of their feed posts. Instagrams top exec Adam Mosseri regularly responds to frustrated creators on Threads about why their feed posts dont seem to reach as many followers as they used to. If TikTok Notes takes off, those creators may actually have a viable alternative for posting photos.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/tiktok-notes-is-basically-instagram-for-your-tiktok-account-170151958.html?src=rss
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The surreal puzzle game Lorelei and the Laser Eyes hits the Nintendo Switch and PC on May 16, as revealed at Nintendos Indie World Showcase event. This is a big deal, as the games being developed by Simogo, the company behind the mind-blowing adventure Sayonara Wild Hearts, which was one of our favorite titles of 2019. Its also being published by Annapurna Interactive, who helped steward games like Stray, Open Roads and Cocoon to digital store shelves. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes was originally teased a couple of years back and looks to be a more frightening experience than Sayonara Wild Hearts. The games title is quite literal, as you play as someone named Lorelei who has, wait for it, laser eyes. Its set inside of a mysterious mansion, with a mostly black-and-white color palette. It looks positively soaked in vibes. There are all kinds of different puzzles to solve as you explore this mansion, so expect the gameplay to change on a dime, just like Sayonara Wild Hearts. Despite the brand-new trailer, much of the title is still soaked in mystery, which is likely a purposeful move by the devs and publisher. We do know that its non-linear, so you can explore and solve puzzles at your own pace. This is Simogos ninth game. In addition to Sayonara Wild Hearts, the Swedish company made Year Walk, The Sailors Dream and Device 6. All of these games toyed with surreal imagery and unique gameplay mechanics, and Lorelei and the Laser Eyes most definitely follows suit. Theres no price yet, but eager players can already wishlist it on Steam.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/lorelei-and-the-laser-eyes-by-sayonara-wild-hearts-devs-comes-out-on-may-19-165030366.html?src=rss
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