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Hi, I'm part of the Ranker.io team. We basically built something on top of Snapchat, which is a relatively-new social photo sharing app with no API for develop

by BinRoo 13y ago

Hi, I'm part of the Ranker.io team. We basically built something on top of Snapchat, which is a relatively-new social photo sharing app with no API for developers. So we made our own APIs and made Ranker.io work :)

timtamboy63 13y ago
Still doesn't make much sense. Everyone knows what Snapchat is - how are you grabbing the images?
- vivpan 13y ago
  We communicate with Snapchat's servers and pretend to be their mobile app. This gives us access to everything that you can do through the mobile app. For example, we can send messages, view (and save) messages, create new accounts...
  - coryl 13y ago
    If you really want to piss Snapchat off, turn this into a client that anyone can run.
  - pdog 13y ago
    Why do you think this is OK? Data mining and extraction are clearly a violation of their terms.
  - untog 13y ago
    So you're just counting down the minutes until you get shut off, basically?
deadairspace 13y ago
You realise there is a reason that there is no API, right? Nice job on violating Snapchat's terms.
mosselman 13y ago
A typical example of twisted IT ethics. Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD do something. It is like shoplifting; it isn't suddenly ok when there is no one to physically stop you.