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Re:Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a s... by timtamboy63 on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @01:49PM (#5947631)

Still doesn't make much sense. Everyone knows what Snapchat is - how are you grabbing the images?

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Re:Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a s... by vivpan on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @01:53PM (#5947666)

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...

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Re:Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a s... by pdog on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @02:27PM (#5947960)

Why do you think this is OK? Data mining and extraction are clearly a violation of their terms.

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Re:Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a s... by coryl on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @02:20PM (#5947900)

If you really want to piss Snapchat off, turn this into a client that anyone can run.

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Re:Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a s... by untog on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @02:43PM (#5948095)

So you're just counting down the minutes until you get shut off, basically?

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