Twitter is full of porn. Automated accounts, some of which are designed to drag you off to a web of dodgy dating sites , overwhelm the social network, constantly clogging up mentions with insincere likes and retweets. But what actually sits behind Brianne's, Helen's, or Christina's account? Thanks to an apparently misconfigured bot, now we can see. On Thursday, an account using the name Barbara Hughes tweeted out the usual seductive message and picture of a woman, but, presumably accidentally, also an IP address of a server the bot appears to be linked to. It's a bizarre glimpse into a part of social media that we likely see everyday, but rarely get to examine how it functions.
A Porn Bot Sprung a Leak and We Got to See What Was Behind It - VICE
If this is your first time registering, please check your inbox for more information about the benefits of your Forbes account and what you can do next! Teens love Kik. But they share the network with another big contingent: bots. Who is behind the porn bot epidemic? The group is probably English speaking and probably not from Russia, a country known for being the source of many other types of spam.
The administrator of your personal data will be Threatpost, Inc. Detailed information on the processing of personal data can be found in the privacy policy. In addition, you will find them in the message confirming the subscription to the newsletter. However, subsequent querying a month later found that Twitter had taken action on most of those accounts — only 2, remained active and unrestricted in April. That indicates that its algorithm for finding and dismantling bot and troll accounts was largely working.
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