Whistle Orga

The question I can't stop asking is how RES manages to fail so badly across the board with tools like this at their disposal.

lol true

I think this is one of the core reasons that ENL is more successful. There is more of a sense of involvement, wanting to work with others, as opposed to secrets, and playing for yourself.

or, if you prefer, how we manage to win so consistently without these same tools being this ingrained into our culture.

I try my best to avoid making sweeping statements about how either faction functions, but there are some interesting differences.

So this. i have been thinking it all morning.

Yeah, I didn't mean for it to come across as a generalization across the board, I should rephrase.

Like, we were beating them a year ago using portal summary, drawtools, and glympse when they had reswue and this

I've been thinking it since Obsidian.
;-)

These aren't anomaly tools.

heh

I mean in my cell.

Aren't they?

[[Webpage]]I'm a work and a bit behind on the chatter today, but I wanted to share this..... TheBobs is on this list, as I knew he would be, and here is some info on him and his scraping from awhile back. He's a Charlotte player. https://www.reddit.com/r/Ingress/comments/4lwm62/advice_with_dealing_with_out_of_control_local/

A bunch of the functions have no use in anomaly contexts

But virus data maybe

Indeed. Most of us here in State College scored the black Guardian sooner or later.

Let's not assume things that aren't in the data

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Chatter for specific res

Another player eventually got the scripts from this poster and led to the IP address being TheBobs work computer. Said computer also contained health insurance info and was a potential for major HIPPA violations. All of this was reported to Niantic at the time. No ban, no nothing.

Yes ma'am.

@Semiotiq, just thought of something, seems pretty important. Right before we put things out there we ought to ensure we inspect the files themselves, removing any useful metadata.

Even the filenames ought to be changed. 01.png, 02.png, etc.

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Wow, just sat down and started looking at the riot docs - it couldn't be more obvious they come right out and say it.

It's gross

Also appears to be an SQL interface, I wonder if we could get the SQL server to identify itself so we'd know more about where it's hosted.

Ok gang, I've run the notification past WB and WB is on board. It's time to ping @redSoloCup

I checked the ones prior to today and renumbered them

The new ones need to be gone over.

Need a hand with that?

If you wish to do so, please send this message or some close variant to @redSoloCup now:


We recently received information documenting a large RES scraper network. Niantic employees, Niantic investors, Vanguards, and anomaly POCs are identified among those agents involved.


We will release the information sometime after noon on Thursday the 19th. The team agreed that we should provide you a chance to prepare.


We know you're backlogged, so we're going to send this message from several people simultaneously to ensure that you receive it. Apologies for the spam.

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if you do, please ding the bell so we know who all has sent

Niantic investors?

one sec

Ding

Ding

Report back if he reads it

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Scr33n

And we know this in a reasonable way?

heh. really do need a few more people to send that message. If he's 500 messages in the hole, it's going to take a bunch of pings

yeah

How many have sent so far?

2

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From WB, in response to "What was your motivation":


"We had an agent in the guild that had 74 spoof bot accounts banned in one day. I have never spoofed or any desire to but after that it made me realize that using this isn't that much better. And who knows how many other spoofers are members, or feeding information to spoofers.
I can't change the things I have done by using this all I can do is move forward and play a straight up game from here forward."

I replaced it with "in professional and trusted roles", I liked the read when @slykens typed it

oh yes that is good. I missed that edit suggestion from Scott, I would have used it too

I hit the ground running on 3 hours of sleep this morning

Does WB ever call you brother?

So from...


We recently received information documenting a large RES scraper network. Niantic employees, Niantic investors, Vanguards, and anomaly POCs are identified among those agents involved.


...to...?

@redsolocup

@redSoloCup

No, I mean the language change. It was changed to non-specific.

That's a terribly good reason. Respect to WB.

Should come up Andrew Krug

our relationship is pretty dry :)

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I can respect this

Need more people to ping krug?

Yes

@slykens can you repost? I'm out of brain. Or @TheMedellia

As I settle down for a long winter's site design, I need to know how much we care that ur is anonymous, and whether anyone wants to be identified

We recently received information documenting a large RES scraper network. Individuals in professional and trusted roles are identified among those agents involved.


We will release the information sometime after noon on Thursday the 19th. The team agreed that we should provide you a chance to prepare.


We know you're backlogged, so we're going to send this message from several people simultaneously to ensure that you receive it. Apologies for the spam.

yes please. I'd like to see 10+


It's metadata, in addition to utility

Channel preview lets you do a lot without joining, including reading messages and seeing a member list

While reviewing the information we found some people in trusted roles.

ding

This is better

Ding, ding, both TG and HO, where I already had a chat history with him.

Ding

Confirmation from WB that all the data she can harvest has now been pushed.

Ok.

That's very vague. We at least need to mention that they are resistance agents in trusted roles

Also this.

A RES scraper network imp[lies they are RES. :)

Yes, but it just sounds really abrupt.

So WB is going to sit back now and watch the world burn?

Ours to handle from here

And drink the scotch and bourbon we will anonymously send. :)

Can we send her marshmallows?

Can't have a good bonfire without marshmallows

YES! She deserves some, and a lot more!

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I am working with WB on a method for her to interface the group. Might take the form of a new TG spinup

Smores would go great with the scotch

DING!

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good point

Woah, that kitty didn't even look back.

"Hello Andrew.


We recently received information documenting a large RES scraper network. Individuals in professional and trusted roles are identified among those agents involved.


We will release the information sometime after noon on Thursday the 19th. The team agreed that we should provide you a chance to prepare.


We know you're backlogged, so we're going to send this message from several people simultaneously to ensure that you receive it.


Sincere apologies for the spam."

Lol, I'm not talking to WB. I stuck my neck out enough already

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I figure lots of people won't, and that's fine. No obligations, just a chance

Just got done doing surgeries. Has the die been cast?

alea iacta est