Tag: Twitch

  • Twitch Extension Exposes OAuth Tokens From 30,000 Users

    Twitch Extension Exposes OAuth Tokens From 30,000 Users

    A browser extension with more than 30,000 installations has exposed users’ Twitch OAuth tokens to a commercial bot service. The extension remained available through the official Chrome and Firefox stores at the time of reporting. Security researchers found that Twitch Enhanced Viewer | JeetBot extracts authentication data from Twitch requests. It then sends the credentials…

  • Amazon Faces Lawsuit Over Twitch AI Training Claims

    Amazon Faces Lawsuit Over Twitch AI Training Claims

    A Twitch creator has sued Amazon and Twitch, claiming the companies used creator content for AI training without permission or payment. Connecticut streamer Warren Pandiscia filed the proposed class-action lawsuit. He says Twitch and its parent company copied videos from him and other creators to develop Amazon AI products. Amazon and Twitch had not publicly…

  • Twitch users angry as Amazon AI training is enabled by default

    Twitch users angry as Amazon AI training is enabled by default

    Twitch has introduced a setting that lets Amazon use channel content to train generative AI models. The platform turns it on by default, so creators must opt out if they do not want to take part. The Twitch AI training setting has angered streamers who say creators should decide before a platform uses their videos,…