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Make you contact information public. Companies collect it. Surprise Pikachu :o In the past, people used to call this crazy technology "The Phone Book". This s

by 781 7y ago

Make you contact information public. Companies collect it. Surprise Pikachu :o In the past, people used to call this crazy technology "The Phone Book". This stuff is also on Google: "1-800" site:instagram.com

detaro 7y ago
According to the article, people did not publish that information as a possible source.
- 781 7y ago
  Meaning they hacked Instagram? I think you are mislead by the "private contact number" phrase.
  - detaro 7y ago
    The article has theories regarding that too.
    - 781 7y ago
      The article uses the word "scraped" multiple times. The word "hacked" is not used at all. FB also talks about scraping: > “Scraping data of any kind is prohibited on Instagram,” said a spokesperson.
      - detaro 7y ago
        > The scraping effort comes two years after Instagram admitted a security bug in its developer API allowed hackers to obtain the email addresses and phone numbers of six million Instagram accounts. The hackers later sold the data for bitcoin. Obtaining data through a security bug is very much different from scraping it from public sources, and not really something you can blame on the people the data is about, as your initial comment did. So lets wait and see if the question where the data comes from gets answered clearly before blaming people for being stupid.
- izzydata 7y ago
  Then how was it scraped? It sounds more like a security leak of some sort if it wasn't publicly accessible anywhere.
  - detaro 7y ago
    Yes, that's what the article suggests.
  - 9HZZRfNlpR 7y ago
    I suggest you to take a look at the page source on browser and you'll find out.
    - izzydata 7y ago
      I'm mostly suggesting that the word "scraped" is not being used correctly. If they used an API security flaw to access all of the private data then I wouldn't consider that scraping how the term is traditionally used.
      - barbecue_sauce 7y ago
        If that data is injected into the page (possibly without being visible), I would say that still counts as scraping.

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detaro 7y ago

According to the article, people did not publish that information as a possible source.

781 7y ago
Meaning they hacked Instagram? I think you are mislead by the "private contact number" phrase.
- detaro 7y ago
  The article has theories regarding that too.
  - 781 7y ago
    The article uses the word "scraped" multiple times. The word "hacked" is not used at all. FB also talks about scraping: > “Scraping data of any kind is prohibited on Instagram,” said a spokesperson.
    - detaro 7y ago
      > The scraping effort comes two years after Instagram admitted a security bug in its developer API allowed hackers to obtain the email addresses and phone numbers of six million Instagram accounts. The hackers later sold the data for bitcoin. Obtaining data through a security bug is very much different from scraping it from public sources, and not really something you can blame on the people the data is about, as your initial comment did. So lets wait and see if the question where the data comes from gets answered clearly before blaming people for being stupid.
izzydata 7y ago
Then how was it scraped? It sounds more like a security leak of some sort if it wasn't publicly accessible anywhere.
- detaro 7y ago
  Yes, that's what the article suggests.
- 9HZZRfNlpR 7y ago
  I suggest you to take a look at the page source on browser and you'll find out.
  - izzydata 7y ago
    I'm mostly suggesting that the word "scraped" is not being used correctly. If they used an API security flaw to access all of the private data then I wouldn't consider that scraping how the term is traditionally used.
    - barbecue_sauce 7y ago
      If that data is injected into the page (possibly without being visible), I would say that still counts as scraping.