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Investigate Inappropriate Link #1372

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stpeter opened this issue Apr 22, 2024 · 2 comments · Fixed by #1373
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Investigate Inappropriate Link #1372

stpeter opened this issue Apr 22, 2024 · 2 comments · Fixed by #1373

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stpeter commented Apr 22, 2024

It's been reported that at https://xmpp.org/uses/instant-messaging/ there is a link to https://github.com/tomer8007/kik-bot-api-unofficial and that this GitHub account is owned by a cracker group that uses the API to build spambots on the XMPP network. If this turns out to be true, we should remove the link.
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guusdk commented Apr 22, 2024

A link to that GitHub repository indeed currently exist on that page. I have no information on the affiliation of its owner.

The link provides limited added value. We could err on the side of caution and remove the hyperlink, leaving the text as-is.

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Kev commented Apr 22, 2024

I may be missing the point, but isn't the linked page just a bot library, like SleekBot for XMPP or whatever? Not that I feel strongly about keeping it, but it seems odd.

guusdk added a commit to guusdk/xmpp.org that referenced this issue Apr 22, 2024
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Remove reference to unofficial Kik library
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It's been reported that at https://xmpp.org/uses/instant-messaging/ there is a link to https://github.com/tomer8007/kik-bot-api-unofficial and that this GitHub account is owned by a cracker group that uses the API to build spambots on the XMPP network.

This commit removes that link.

fixes xsf#1372
guusdk added a commit to guusdk/xmpp.org that referenced this issue Apr 22, 2024
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It's been reported that at https://xmpp.org/uses/instant-messaging/ t…
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…here is a link to a repository owned by a GitHub account that is owned by a cracker group that uses the API to build spambots on the XMPP network.

I'm unsure of the affiliation of the repository owner. The link is of limited added value to the XSF website. To err on the side of caution, this commit removes that link.

fixes xsf#1372
guusdk added a commit to guusdk/xmpp.org that referenced this issue Apr 22, 2024
@guusdk
Remove link to unofficial Kik messenger repo
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It's been reported that at https://xmpp.org/uses/instant-messaging/ there is a link to a repository owned by a GitHub account that is owned by a cracker group that uses the API to build spambots on the XMPP network.

I'm unsure of the affiliation of the repository owner. The link is of limited added value to the XSF website. To err on the side of caution, this commit removes that link.

fixes xsf#1372
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Remove link to unofficial Kik messenger repo
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It's been reported that at https://xmpp.org/uses/instant-messaging/ there is a link to a repository owned by a GitHub account that is owned by a cracker group that uses the API to build spambots on the XMPP network.

I'm unsure of the affiliation of the repository owner. The link is of limited added value to the XSF website. To err on the side of caution, this commit removes that link.

fixes #1372
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Remove link to unofficial Kik messenger repo guusdk/xmpp.org
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