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Almost like one of those RSA/Google Authenticator/etc rotating numbers... always 6 characters, seemingly random, somewhat pronounceable. Weird.
by dceddia 10y ago
Almost like one of those RSA/Google Authenticator/etc rotating numbers... always 6 characters, seemingly random, somewhat pronounceable. Weird.
- andai 10y agoWhat does it remind you of? I haven't used GA. They're following the format 'bababa', where 'b' is a random consonant and 'a' is a random vowel.
- throwanem 10y agoOr like a numbers station. Twitter would make a lot of sense for that, actually.
- sjs382 10y agoIndeed! That was my first thought and was the reason that Ask HN post stuck with me. See also: https://theawl.com/the-real-weird-twitter-is-espionage-twitter-3eb3e07abc04#.swwu8dl4l https://theawl.com/the-real-weird-twitter-is-espionage-twitt...
- acqq 10y agoAs it is twitted exactly every 2 minutes it can actually be a kind of current confirmation or authentication code.
- funnyfacts365 10y agoDead man's switch?