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1. wildzzz · 1790446007 · focus · HN ↗

   So it accessed public information using APIs and then republished that information online.

   I do this. Am I an uncontrollable bot?

   1. Aurornis · 1790447417 · focus · HN ↗

      Straight to jail.

      I also could not understand what the “meddling” was, other than accessing data without using the rendered webpages? Did it use the API directly?

      1. wildzzz · 1790454313 · focus · HN ↗

         Only way I'd described using an API as meddling is if it wasn't a publicly documented API (yet was still unauthenticated) or if a bot stole a token from a repo or both.

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