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Re:Researchers publish Snapchat code allowing phone number m... by kaivi on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @06:53AM (#6962844)
Yep, but at least that would be fun, don't you agree?

I also wonder why didn't anybody set up a Snapchat bot yet: it could successfully impersonate multiple humans by forwarding snaps between pairs of unsuspecting users, gathering a lot of data that way.

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Re:Researchers publish Snapchat code allowing phone number m... by rmccue on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @07:10AM (#6962857)
Actually, I know of one set up by a friend: snaproulettebot. You send a snap, and it sends you a random one back later from another user. Being called "snaproulettebot" makes it pretty obvious what it is, but you could do it in a more opaque way.
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Re:Researchers publish Snapchat code allowing phone number m... by gibsonsecurity on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @06:59AM (#6962850)
Definitely, lol.

That's a pretty sneaky idea, I'm sure its possible with all the clients now available!

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