Cara scraper apologizes, deletes 12M images, offers defense advice
zemotion · x · 2026-08-18
The founder of Cara spoke with Heft, who scraped 12M images from the platform last week. Heft deleted the data, offered a sincere apology, and provided rare, legitimate suggestions for defenses tailored to Cara's unique situation.
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