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Reddit hacker’s demands include reversing API changes

Ryan Daws — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 13:26:12 +0000

Reddit recently fell victim to a phishing attack and the group responsible has now publicised their ransom demands. The attack resulted in the exposure of internal documents, dashboards, code, and contracts. While the data has not been made public so far, the situation could change as ransomware gang BlackCat – also known as ALPHV –... Read more »

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Twitter won’t charge for API access for ‘critical purposes’ after all

Ryan Daws — Wed, 03 May 2023 13:18:03 +0000

Twitter has reversed course on its decision to shut off free access to its API, following widespread criticism from government and public service organisations. The company has made numerous controversial decisions under Elon Musk’s leadership, but reducing users’ access to critical information was seen as dangerous and self-harming to the platform’s usefulness. However, Twitter says... Read more »

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Reddit to charge for API access over AI training concerns

Ryan Daws — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 11:42:47 +0000

Social news aggregation and discussion website Reddit will begin charging companies for access to its API. Reddit says it’s making the decision over concerns about companies using the API to train large language models (LLMs). The company says that its pricing will be divided into tiers to support companies of different sizes, with different usage... Read more »

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Twitter announces charges for third-party developers

Ryan Daws — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:42:53 +0000

Less than a month after unceremoniously blocking third-party apps, Twitter has announced new charges for developers using its API. In a tweet, Twitter announced that it will end free access to its API (both v2 and v1.1) on 9 February 2023. The company says a paid basic tier will be available to replace the free... Read more »

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Twitter’s relationship with developers has fallen apart

Ryan Daws — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 15:59:42 +0000

The already strained relationship between Twitter and developers has now completely fallen apart. Over the years, Twitter has made a series of decisions that damaged its relationship with developers. In 2012, Twitter limited the number of active tokens an app can have—essentially putting a cap on how successful a third-party app can become. A number... Read more »

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EFF calls Facebook’s campaign against Apple’s iOS 14 privacy changes ‘laughable’

Ryan Daws — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:28:35 +0000

The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has called Facebook’s campaign against Apple’s iOS 14 privacy changes “laughable”. Facebook took out full-page newspaper ads last week in protest at Apple’s privacy changes in iOS 14: Apple’s new policies require apps which collect information about users to disclose what data they’re grabbing—and request specific permission to do so.... Read more »

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Twitter launches new API, wants developers to build the good kind of bots

Ryan Daws — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:22:00 +0000

Twitter has released a new API which it wants developers to use to build helpful bots and more powerful third-party apps. According to a post on the Twitter Developer Blog, the new API will no longer take “a one-size-fits-all approach” and will be “more flexible and scalable to fit your needs.” What that means in... Read more »

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Facebook releases Graph API v8.0, reminds devs that ‘Sharing for Devices’ will soon end

Ryan Daws — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:31:13 +0000

Facebook has released the eighth version of its Graph API, which requires some action from developers. Graph API v8.0 brings several changes and deprecates various features. Among the most notable is that “Sharing for Devices” – a feature enabling users to share content from IoT devices – will no longer be available from November 2nd.... Read more »

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