Google spybots?

U · Eleet Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 521 Location: IRC

Well, why not though? Its just another search page they can display banner ads on and make more advertising income....

What other reason would they have for doing it? Sure, SOME chat occurs on IRC, but if they are indexing all channels, then mostly what they will be doing is creating a warez repository. I don't see why they would do it for fun either, so they have to have a reason to....

ShadowKnight · none Joined: 18 Dec 2003 Posts: 5

On this its not like you can't find warez in the regular Google search is it. So why would an extension to IRC matter?

Just a thought.

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mmeadwolfe · none Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 7

Humm, interesting catch. I do wonder if Google is doing this, but it doesent sound like google. Maby its an admin gone bad case. I can see how maby google could make an irc channel search, but it dosent sound like them.

shadow16 · Lurker Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 186 Location: IRC

You're about 2+ years too late.

Stefano · Eleet Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 527 Location: Beirut

i dont recall when but it was around one month ago.. i also have seen someone landing on my network with google ip but he didnt join any channel iv seen him/her or it , via the neostats..
i thought maybe its google bot.. i dono.. but iv seen it

ToRmEnTeD · none Joined: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 10

The spy bots are a little uneasy for the warez freaks because of the legal issuses behind the files these people are sharing. I however and more worried about the 100's and 1000's of bots that can join a channel in a matter of a few weeks from being added to packetnews ....anyone of these idling bots could be a spy php bot. most warez channels have 100's of them..thats what i would be keeping an eye on

workman161 · none Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 5

I'm sure google wouldn't just bust into a channel without the owner's permission. You'd have to sign up with the service or something. Even then, it probably has the vhost irc . google . com or something for easy banning. I'd be rather interested in a google search of IRC. A lot easier than using grep on 10-30 logfiles Smile

XVar · Newbie Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 97

Mary · SearchIRC Admin Joined: 03 May 2003 Posts: 692

Jacksplat · none Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 6

Google makes a living understanding what people want, what people say, most common terms and words and so on. There are many possible angles for their interest. One being marketing, and others being from their problems with the gov to finding new marketing strategies. With irc being probably the most popular medium for the most talked about illegal activities on the net, perhaps they are for hire by people interested in whats going on in certain networks and channels.

As for having laws protect you and your privacy.. Laws change daily and loopholes are available to anyone who needs them. Don't count on a law or a right to protect you from wrongdoing. If you break the law, be prepared to accept the consiquences. I'm not sure if this still applies, but years ago you can have a disclaimer when people enter your home, and maybe even your chatroom concerning the visitors intentions. And that without following the set guidlines and rules of your chatroom or home, they are not permitted to enter, or record anything. I believe in many states a prostitute can protect themselves to some degree by asking if the john is affiliated with the law per/se.