back to article Discord dismantles Spy.pet site that snooped on millions of users

They say sunlight is the best disinfectant, and that appears to have been true in the case of Discord data harvesting site Spy.pet – as it was recently and swiftly dismantled after its existence and purpose became known. The site, which has been slurping up public data on Discord users since November of last year, was outed to …

  1. Khaptain Silver badge

    Monday morning blues

    That article really cheered me up for the rest of the week, not.

    Glad that we are not concerned by any of the attacks mentioned.

    Here's hoping that this week will be a quiet week.

    1. Orv Silver badge

      Re: Monday morning blues

      I'm actually surprised the Discord spy site came down so fast. To me that read as good news.

      1. Gene Cash Silver badge

        Re: Monday morning blues

        Not really, since it's back up.

        And why the everloving hell so we have crap like .pet?[1] Who is running that garbage?

        [1] Yes, I know why. Sigh. It still shouldn't have been allowed.

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