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>Datamining is the process of extracting and analyzing data from various sources, often for commercial or malicious purposes. Soot was accused of datamining the users of soyjak.party by using various methods, such as:
>Google AdSense: Soot allegedly used Google’s advertising service to track users’ browsing habits and serve them targeted ads. He also allowed third-party services to access users’ data through cookies and web beacons.1
Malicious ads: Soot allegedly served malicious ads that contained malware, spyware, or ransomware that could infect users’ devices and steal their personal information.1
>TrustAsia TLS: Soot allegedly used a Chinese certificate authority to encrypt the site’s traffic, which could allow the Chinese government or other actors to intercept and decrypt the data.1
>Matomo.js: Soot allegedly used a web analytics tool to collect and analyze users’ behavior, such as their location, device, browser, operating system, screen resolution, and more.1
>Captchas: Soot allegedly used captchas to prevent bots and spam, but also to harvest users’ data and sell it to third-party services.1
>Cloudflare: Soot allegedly used Cloudflare’s content delivery network to improve the site’s performance and security, but also to share users’ data with Cloudflare and its partners.1
>Admin capcode: Soot allegedly used his admin capcode to identify users’ IP addresses and other information, which he could use to ban, dox, or harass them.1
Tor nodes blocking: Soot allegedly blocked Tor nodes from accessing the site, which prevented users from browsing anonymously and securely.1
>These are some of the examples of datamining that Soot did or was suspected of doing. However, some of these claims may be exaggerated, false, or part of a CIA psy-op. Soot himself denied some of these accusations and defended himself in various posts.1
>Google AdSense: Soot allegedly used Google’s advertising service to track users’ browsing habits and serve them targeted ads. He also allowed third-party services to access users’ data through cookies and web beacons.1
Malicious ads: Soot allegedly served malicious ads that contained malware, spyware, or ransomware that could infect users’ devices and steal their personal information.1
>TrustAsia TLS: Soot allegedly used a Chinese certificate authority to encrypt the site’s traffic, which could allow the Chinese government or other actors to intercept and decrypt the data.1
>Matomo.js: Soot allegedly used a web analytics tool to collect and analyze users’ behavior, such as their location, device, browser, operating system, screen resolution, and more.1
>Captchas: Soot allegedly used captchas to prevent bots and spam, but also to harvest users’ data and sell it to third-party services.1
>Cloudflare: Soot allegedly used Cloudflare’s content delivery network to improve the site’s performance and security, but also to share users’ data with Cloudflare and its partners.1
>Admin capcode: Soot allegedly used his admin capcode to identify users’ IP addresses and other information, which he could use to ban, dox, or harass them.1
Tor nodes blocking: Soot allegedly blocked Tor nodes from accessing the site, which prevented users from browsing anonymously and securely.1
>These are some of the examples of datamining that Soot did or was suspected of doing. However, some of these claims may be exaggerated, false, or part of a CIA psy-op. Soot himself denied some of these accusations and defended himself in various posts.1
