Event logger/spy bots are everywhere...

kubapolish · 2017-03-04 15:23:01

So.. in almost every world i join, there will be one bot that:

doesn't have any badge or bought items and has only home world
has default (smiling/id:0) smiley " "
isn't moving
does not affect blocks (isn't getting any effects, nor does it affect keys) and doesn't respawn when killed (using spike block or /kill)

these bots will also have different nicknames very often. but sometimes i can see some bot using older accounts, too.

when i'm in free edit world, and i see a 'player' in spawn area that isn't moving, doesn't have any badge and has default smiley, i just put spike block into them. if they doesn't respawn, i know it's a bot. then i just say that this player is a spybot and if there is world owner then i say to kick it. so then i add bot nickname to a text file i created, it currently has ~13 nicknames. and if anyone wants it, i can upload it.
my guess is that they are joining world and recording every packet coming in (movements, chat messages) and saving them into a file in bot owner disk (but it's just what i think it's doing. i don't know what the purpose of these bots exactly are). but why? isn't it against the rules tho? should we report these things? it seems that noone is aware of this situation, while bots are (probably) recording players movements and chat messages... should we do something about this?

Krosis

Slabdrill · 2017-03-04 20:22:29

people already know but no one actually cares

like, i see them, but i dont care what bots are doing.

in addition, any normal bot also doesn't bother sending any packets other than block placements/etc.

IM BAD

mutantdevle · 2017-03-04 21:04:12

In some of my worlds that heavily include keys as part of the mechanics I have a system that detects bots. Players who join the world instantly die which activates a death gate and gives them a team colour. If the player does not get a team colour it means they did not respawn and hence are a bot so I always kick them. I don't care about spy bots but the ones that activate keys are annoying.

XxAtillaxX · 2017-03-04 21:22:00

I think at this point it's fairly unavoidable. I'm fairly sure the culprit is Hexagon, whose bots are still active, despite him having left the community.

Krosis

IM BAD · 2017-03-04 23:14:43

Event logger/spy bots? Pffft ahahahahaha!
They don't do anything other than waste their creator's time so who cares!?

Vitalijus · 2017-03-05 17:40:02

I don't think they record movements, because it would spam the whole log.

capasha · 2017-03-05 20:27:31

Can someone give me the name of the bots? You can use pm if you want.

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Event logger/spy bots are everywhere...

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