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# Ponzi Scheme on WhuffieBank, failure...
# copyleftrightdicotomy -> @therm000
# December, 2009.
import time,urllib2,random
import twython
create_whuffies = 1
bernie_account = '_berniemadoff_'
bernie_pass = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
bernie_followers = ['twittustest1','twittustest2', 'twittustest3']
bernie_followers_pass = ['XXXXXXXXXXX','XXXXXXXXXX','XXXXXXXXXXXX']
agent_sleep = 240.0 # seconds
twit_sleep = 120.0 # seconds
bernie_agents = map(lambda (f, fp) : twython.setup(username=f, password=fp), zip(bernie_followers,bernie_followers_pass))
def get_balance(user, user_pass):
ret = None
try:
balance = eval(urllib2.urlopen('http://thewhuffiebank.org/api/balance?username=%s&password=%s'%(user,user_pass)).read())
ret = balance['balance']
except:
balance = eval(urllib2.urlopen('http://thewhuffiebank.org/api/balance?username=%s&password=%s'%(user,user_pass)).read())
ret = balance['balance']
return ret
initial_bernie_balance = get_balance(bernie_account, bernie_pass)
direct_rt, indirect_rt, stop = 0, 0, False
print 'BEGIN: Starting money creating process inside re-twitting Ponzi Scheme!'
print 'BEGIN: Initial money of bernie: %d whuffies' % initial_bernie_balance
while True:
for agent, foll in zip(bernie_agents,bernie_followers):
twitter = agent
print 'INFO: analysing agent "%s" friend timeline to create bernie\'s money...' % foll
res = twitter.getFriendsTimeline(count=1)
for e in res:
#print e['user']['screen_name']
#print e['text']
if bernie_account == e['user']['screen_name']:
print 'INFO: bernie\'s money seed detected in "%s" timeline!' % foll
print 'INFO: replicating twit...'
t = "RT @%s: %s time -> %s" % (bernie_account,e['text'][:90],time.ctime ())
print 'INFO: ' + t
twitter.updateStatus( t[:140] )
direct_rt += 1
random_sleep = random.random() * twit_sleep
print 'INFO: sleeping %.1f seconds after twit...' % random_sleep
time.sleep(random_sleep)
elif e['text'].startswith('RT @%s'%bernie_account):
print 'INFO: bernie\'s re-twit detected in "%s" timeline!' % foll
print 'INFO: replicating twit...'
t = "%s time -> %s" % (e['text'][:90],time.ctime())
print 'INFO:' + t
twitter.updateStatus( t[:140] )
indirect_rt += 1
random_sleep = random.random() * twit_sleep
print 'INFO: sleeping %.1f seconds after twit...' % random_sleep
time.sleep(random_sleep)
bernie_balance = get_balance(bernie_account, bernie_pass)
print 'INFO:'
print 'INFO: new bernie balance is %d' % bernie_balance
if bernie_balance >= initial_bernie_balance + create_whuffies:
stop = True
break
if stop:
break
random_sleep = random.random() * agent_sleep
print 'INFO: sleeping %.1f seconds between all agents...' % random_sleep
time.sleep(random_sleep)
print 'END: Done! %d whuffies created!' % (bernie_balance - initial_bernie_balance)
print 'END: Stop!'
print 'END: Desired whuffies: %d' % (create_whuffies)
print 'END: %d direct re-twits' % direct_rt
print 'END: %d indirect re-twits' % indirect_rt
print 'END: total %d re-twits' % (direct_rt+indirect_rt)
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