diff --git a/removed_sites.md b/removed_sites.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6386c9d --- /dev/null +++ b/removed_sites.md @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +# List Of Sites Removed From Sherlock + +This is a list of sites implemented in such a way that the current design of +Sherlock is not capable of determining if a given username exists or not. +They are listed here in the hope that things may change in the future +so they may be re-included. + +## Younow + +Younow has changed their website (sometime before 2019-03-10) such that you +cannot see any user's profile unless you log in. So, it is now impossible to +probe for the existence of a username using the current strategy. + +``` + "Younow": { + "errorMsg": "pageTitle || 'YouNow - Broadcast Live", + "errorType": "message", + "rank": 13248, + "url": "https://www.younow.com/{}", + "urlMain": "https://www.younow.com/", + "username_claimed": "blue", + "username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7" + } +``` + +## BlackPlanet + +This site has always returned a false positive. The site returns the exact +same text for a claimed or an unclaimed username. The site must be rendering +all of the different content using Javascript in the browser. So, there is +no way distinguish between the results with the current design of Sherlock. + +``` + "BlackPlanet": { + "errorMsg": "My Hits", + "errorType": "message", + "rank": 110021, + "url": "http://blackplanet.com/{}", + "urlMain": "http://blackplanet.com/" + }, +``` + +## Fotolog + +Around 2019-02-09, I get a 502 HTTP error (bad gateway) for any access. On +2019-03-10, the site is up, but it is in maintenance mode. + +It does not seem to be working, so there is no sense in including it in +Sherlock. + +``` + "Fotolog": { + "errorType": "status_code", + "rank": 47777, + "url": "https://fotolog.com/{}", + "urlMain": "https://fotolog.com/" + }, +```