Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Techmeme @Techmeme@techhub.social

12/22/2025, 1:45:33 AM

Public

Pirate activist group Anna's Archive says it scraped 86M music files and 256M rows of track metadata from Spotify, and releases them in ~300TB of torrent files (Mitchell Peters/Billboard)

https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/spotify-music-library-leak-1236143970/
http://www.techmeme.com/251221/p15#a251221p15

The Spotify app is displayed on a smartphone screen.

Spotify Music Library Scraped by Pirate Activist Group

A pirate activist group has reportedly scraped and released metadata from Spotify, and intends to release 86 million audio files.

www.billboard.com · Billboard

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