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467 users seems like it would not trigger abnormal API usage. Sounds like Yelp sent a form letter.
by balls187 2y ago
467 users seems like it would not trigger abnormal API usage.
Sounds like Yelp sent a form letter.
- WoodenChair 2y agoYes, definitely based on other people in this thread getting the same letter. It was an inaccurate and threatening form letter bizarrely sent from a personal email address of a Yelp employee with another personal email address CCed.
- kgeist 2y agoBut how was the API key stored? If it's stored inside the binary, without an intermediate server managed by OP, someone could've disassembled the binary and starting using the API key independently for their own gain, triggering abnormal usage. Say, one of our Windows products uses a web API for TTS, and we've built an intermediate web server which stores the key and manages rate limits per user so that there was no abuse (the app uses our own auth).
- WoodenChair 2y agoYelp has an API dashboard where you can see how many API calls have been made. I can tell you it was never exceeding 200 calls per day and often below 100.