dmca/2017/2017-11-08-Tinder.md

November 7, 2017

GitHub, Inc.
Attn: DMCA Agent
88 Colin P. Kelly Jr. Street
San Francisco, California 94107

Via email to: copyright@github.com

Re: Notice of Infringement under Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Dear DMCA Agent:

I represent Match Group, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, "Match Group"), owners of the popular dating and social networking website www.GoTinder.com and mobile application "Tinder." It has come to our attention that your company is hosting content that infringes at least one of Match Group's copyrights, and Match Group therefore submits this Notice under Section 512(c) of the DMCA and requests that you immediately:

1. Remove the infringing content identified below from your servers; and

2. Notify the infringer of this Notice, and of their duty to remove the infringing content and to refrain from posting infringing content to your servers in the future.

Our Reference No.

LL001-C

Infringer Name/Username

[Private] / scoliann

Infringing Content

github.com/scoliann/TinderFaceScraper/blob/master/tinderGetPhotos.py

No. of Infringing Forks

89 (see Schedule A)

Nature of Infringement

This content circumvents technological measures that effectively control access to works protected under Title 17 of the United States Code.

Description of Technological Measures

Match Group maintains a private API for its Tinder service. Match Group has implemented certain throttles to control the number of API requests from any single IP address to prevent abuse, and has set the HTTP user-agent header to "Tinder" to verify that API requests are coming only from authorized mobile applications. Additionally, all API requests require a certain Facebook Login access token.

Description of Circumvention

This content is designed to circumvent Match Group's technological protection measures by forging the HTTP user-agent string to misrepresent the nature of the API requests to imitate a Match Group-authorized application. The content sends API requests using Match Group's Facebook Login access token, which the infringer misappropriates by intercepting the outbound traffic of the official Tinder application and copying the token into an unauthorized application. This content allows users to bypass the official Tinder network and improperly access the Tinder backend system to extract proprietary information from the Match Group servers.

Additional Statements

I have read and understand GitHub's Guide to Filing a DMCA Notice. I have a good faith belief that the activity described above is not authorized by the copyright owner, or its agent, or the law. I have taken fair use into consideration. The information in this notification is accurate, and I swear under penalty of perjury that I am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. I have independently investigated each Fork identified in Schedule A, and these statements apply equally to each identified Fork.

Please confirm your receipt of this Notice, and please contact me if you have any questions or require additional information. No statement in this letter is intended to be, or shall be construed as, a waiver or exclusion of any other right or remedy available to Match Group under state, federal, or international law either now or in the future.

Sincerely,

[Private]

Cc:

[Private]

[Private]

[Private]

[Private]

SCHEDULE A

Infringing Forks No.

Location

1

github.com/4n6strider/TinderFaceScraper

2

github.com/aleffeh/TinderFaceScraper

3

github.com/anasik/TinderFaceScraper

4

github.com/chetkhatri/TinderFaceScraper

5

github.com/cmlh/TinderFaceScraper

6

github.com/codeaudit/TinderFaceScraper

7

github.com/comdexxsolutionsllc/TinderFaceScraper

8

github.com/danscheibe/TinderFaceScraper

9

github.com/davidquintana/TinderFaceScraper

10

github.com/devsaurin/TinderFaceScraper

11

github.com/Dubem580/TinderFaceScraper

12

github.com/e-coucou/TinderFaceScraper

13

github.com/FFMMM/TinderFaceScraper

14

github.com/filinger/TinderFaceScraper

15

github.com/freshforlife/ImageRecognitionMenVsWomen

16

github.com/hariom-yadaw/TinderFaceScraper

17

github.com/hemil/tinder-face-scraper

18

github.com/hisabimbola/TinderFaceScraper

19

github.com/hughker/TinderFaceScraper

20

github.com/icakir/TinderFaceScraper

21

github.com/Info-security/TinderFaceScraper

22

github.com/itamaradin15/TinderFaceScraper

23

github.com/Jacke/TinderFaceScraper

24

github.com/jawsnfl/TinderFaceScraper

25

github.com/jhabash/TinderFaceScraper

26

github.com/jibiabraham/TinderFaceScraper

27

github.com/jkomyno/TinderFaceScraper

28

github.com/JohnSmith20018/TinderFaceScraper

29

github.com/JosemyDuarte/TinderFaceScraper

30

github.com/kapoorshivam/TinderFaceScraper

31

github.com/kevintanhongann/TinderFaceScraper

32

github.com/korgull/TinderFaceScraper

33

github.com/kraw/TinderFaceScraper

34

github.com/kumardeepam/TinderFaceScraper

35

github.com/Kyraja/TinderFaceScraper

36

github.com/l3lake/TinderFaceScraper

37

github.com/LestherSK/TinderFaceScraper

38

github.com/MandyZChen/TinderFaceScraper

39

github.com/manishsainju/TinderFaceScraper

40

github.com/marioaugustorama/TinderFaceScraper

41

github.com/mattslaven/TinderFaceScraper

42

github.com/McFlurriez/TinderFaceScraper

43

github.com/miguelramosfdz/TinderFaceScraper

44

github.com/mkaizen/TinderFaceScraper

45

github.com/msingh23/TinderFaceScraper

46

github.com/myCodebox/TinderFaceScraper

47

github.com/NeilBryant/TinderFaceScraper

48

github.com/niibruce/TinderFaceScraper

49

github.com/nilopc-python/TinderFaceScraper

50

github.com/NirantK/TinderFaceScraper

51

github.com/xxyyzz/TinderFaceScraper

52

github.com/ocirneaquilina/TinderFaceScraper

53

github.com/oleggator/TinderFaceScraper

54

github.com/OmPrakash95/TinderFaceScraper

55

github.com/opensource91/TinderFaceScraper

56

github.com/osonwanne/TinderFaceScraper

57

github.com/pigeoncage/TinderFaceScraper

58

github.com/RagingTiger/TinderFaceScraper

59

github.com/rfreitaz/TinderFaceScraper

60

github.com/Riamse/TinderFaceScraper

61

github.com/romain-dehasseleer/TinderFaceScraper

62

github.com/Sarvaswa/TinderFaceScraper

63

github.com/saurabheights/TinderFaceScraper

64

github.com/scheesman/TinderFaceScraper

65

github.com/silvere27/TinderFaceScraper

66

github.com/Sinequanonh/TinderFaceScraper

67

github.com/skurjekar/TinderFaceScraper

68

github.com/sriramvasu/TinderFaceScraper

69

github.com/Sudzz/TinderFaceScraper

70

github.com/Suraj-Tiwari/TinderFaceScraper

71

github.com/SystemicEmotions/TinderFaceScraper

72

github.com/theAnthonyLai/TinderFaceScraper

73

github.com/theotherside/TinderFaceScraper

74

github.com/toantran-ea/TinderFaceScraper

75

github.com/Tom1380/TinderFaceScraper

76

github.com/tomasbarrios/TinderFaceScraper

77

github.com/topiaruss/TinderFaceScraper

78

github.com/tosho/TinderFaceScraper

79

github.com/trall1488/TinderFaceScraper

80

github.com/trieu/TinderFaceScraper

81

github.com/tyzjames/TinderFaceScraper

82

github.com/Vanova/TinderFaceScraper

83

github.com/vireshmahajan/TinderFaceScraper

84

github.com/wickedgamer19/TinderFaceScraper

85

github.com/WizardOfAus/TinderFaceScraper

86

github.com/Yip-Yip/TinderFaceScraper

87

github.com/yogeshmanjhi1993/TinderFaceScraper

88

github.com/zoras/TinderFaceScraper

89

github.com/Zorlin/TinderFaceScraper