Discord Bans Bot Accounts Responsible for Scraping Over 4 Billion Messages
Discord has unexpectedly been the target of data scraping as over 4 billion messages were packaged and sold by bot accounts.
According to the Guardian:
Apple’s legal department is understood to be “actively investigating” claims by Lodsys, a patent holding company based in Texas, to have a claim against iPhone and iPad developers who use in-app purchase systems.
Yesterday Lodsys clarified on their blog their intentions–they want a cut from developers that are infringing on their patent.
The latest developer to be “Lodsysed” has been popular twitter client twitterific, according to their co-founder via twitter:
[Guardian]