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EDIT: If you're going to downvote me, did you even read the article? Also, go look at the submitter's history: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=vezyca

by et-al 10y ago

EDIT: If you're going to downvote me, did you even read the article? Also, go look at the submitter's history: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=vezycash https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=vezycash - - - But should it be on the front page of Hacker News? Why did vezycash take the effort to share this when it has little value for the HN audience? The author nevers explain how their domain was stolen, nor do they tell us if the "sting" operation (asking to stop a wire transfer, hardly a sting) was successful. It's a long-winded rant about HostMonster and GoDaddy being shitty. We already knew these things. If the article was just focused criticism on GoDaddy or clear advice on web security, I wouldn't be so hash. Whatever educational benefits there were in article are lost with the writing. This has got to be on the front page because of some shilling.

sverige 10y ago
It's obvious, isn't it? It's here because this is Hacker News and the theft of the website was done by hackers so this is news for our consumption. </sarc> (an HTML5 compliant tag, since </s> has been repurposed)
- et-al 10y ago
  Pretty much. I wonder how many people actually read the article.
  - blowski 10y ago
    I found it an interesting story to share with non-techie people about why they need to worry about security. Also, HN Guidelines ask you not to suggest people haven't read the article. If you don't like the article, flag it or make a constructive comment (which I think you did) and move on.
    - et-al 10y ago
      Cheers, thanks.
bittercynic 10y ago
I think it is valuable to be reminded of the depth of ignorance of even "tech savvy" people.
- et-al 10y ago
  The author is a lifestyle blogger, not a tech savvy person.
  - bittercynic 10y ago
    Since she owns and operates a blog, an average person would consider her highly tech savvy.
tdb7893 10y ago
I think the mere fact that they leveraged her email to steal her domain is interesting. You generally don't think of a domain as something people steal
- tedunangst 10y ago
  No? There have been any number of high profile domain hijacks. sex.com being pretty infamous.
- et-al 10y ago
  Leveraging an email to steal anything is nothing new. If this is arguably a revelation, I should start asking this as an interview question. Also, the author never explicitly mentions to secure your email address. In the 2000s, domain hijackings were very common (as tedunangst mentioned): http://www.metafilter.com/3789/Adobecom-gets-hijacked http://www.metafilter.com/3789/Adobecom-gets-hijacked http://archive.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/04/35674?currentPage=all http://archive.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/04/35674?cur... Later on, it became short Twitter accounts: https://medium.com/@N/how-i-lost-my-50-000-twitter-username-24eb09e026dd#.7rf3w1iqi https://medium.com/@N/how-i-lost-my-50-000-twitter-username-... https://www.wired.com/2016/06/deray-twitter-hack-2-factor-isnt-enough/ https://www.wired.com/2016/06/deray-twitter-hack-2-factor-is... If your metric is how informative an article is, the above two links about Twitter accounts being hijacked are much more educational than original blogpost.
mustacheemperor 10y ago
The link to a Traveler's Insurance page with advice to purchase cyber risk insurance (delivered with the same gravity as the advice about changing your passwords) definitely made me ask the same questions. I thought the next line was going to be about X product the author is selling that would prevent this problem for you.
mirimir 10y ago
More like sympathy, I think.
Ajedi32 10y ago
> EDIT: If you're going to downvote me, did you even read the article? I think the downvotes are because you're accusing the submitter and the people upvoting this article of shilling based on nothing but circumstantial evidence, not because of your opinion on the quality of the linked article.
- et-al 10y ago
  Fair point on the upvoters, but I still stand by my point on the submitter. Who has the time to submit an article to HN every day?
  - CM30 10y ago
    Quite a lot of people? I mean, I don't myself (because I don't come across enough articles I feel people here wuld be interested in), but it wouldn't be too much of a hassle if I did. People have time to constantly use Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/Reddit/Tumblr/internet forums in general, they can easily post an article on Hacker News once a day.

by et-al 10y ago

sverige 10y ago

It's obvious, isn't it? It's here because this is Hacker News and the theft of the website was done by hackers so this is news for our consumption. </sarc> (an HTML5 compliant tag, since </s> has been repurposed)

et-al 10y ago
Pretty much. I wonder how many people actually read the article.
- blowski 10y ago
  I found it an interesting story to share with non-techie people about why they need to worry about security. Also, HN Guidelines ask you not to suggest people haven't read the article. If you don't like the article, flag it or make a constructive comment (which I think you did) and move on.
  - et-al 10y ago
    Cheers, thanks.

bittercynic 10y ago

I think it is valuable to be reminded of the depth of ignorance of even "tech savvy" people.

et-al 10y ago
The author is a lifestyle blogger, not a tech savvy person.
- bittercynic 10y ago
  Since she owns and operates a blog, an average person would consider her highly tech savvy.

tdb7893 10y ago

I think the mere fact that they leveraged her email to steal her domain is interesting. You generally don't think of a domain as something people steal

tedunangst 10y ago
No? There have been any number of high profile domain hijacks. sex.com being pretty infamous.
et-al 10y ago
Leveraging an email to steal anything is nothing new. If this is arguably a revelation, I should start asking this as an interview question. Also, the author never explicitly mentions to secure your email address. In the 2000s, domain hijackings were very common (as tedunangst mentioned): http://www.metafilter.com/3789/Adobecom-gets-hijacked http://www.metafilter.com/3789/Adobecom-gets-hijacked http://archive.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/04/35674?currentPage=all http://archive.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/04/35674?cur... Later on, it became short Twitter accounts: https://medium.com/@N/how-i-lost-my-50-000-twitter-username-24eb09e026dd#.7rf3w1iqi https://medium.com/@N/how-i-lost-my-50-000-twitter-username-... https://www.wired.com/2016/06/deray-twitter-hack-2-factor-isnt-enough/ https://www.wired.com/2016/06/deray-twitter-hack-2-factor-is... If your metric is how informative an article is, the above two links about Twitter accounts being hijacked are much more educational than original blogpost.

mustacheemperor 10y ago

The link to a Traveler's Insurance page with advice to purchase cyber risk insurance (delivered with the same gravity as the advice about changing your passwords) definitely made me ask the same questions. I thought the next line was going to be about X product the author is selling that would prevent this problem for you.

mirimir 10y ago

More like sympathy, I think.

Ajedi32 10y ago

> EDIT: If you're going to downvote me, did you even read the article? I think the downvotes are because you're accusing the submitter and the people upvoting this article of shilling based on nothing but circumstantial evidence, not because of your opinion on the quality of the linked article.

et-al 10y ago
Fair point on the upvoters, but I still stand by my point on the submitter. Who has the time to submit an article to HN every day?
- CM30 10y ago
  Quite a lot of people? I mean, I don't myself (because I don't come across enough articles I feel people here wuld be interested in), but it wouldn't be too much of a hassle if I did. People have time to constantly use Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/Reddit/Tumblr/internet forums in general, they can easily post an article on Hacker News once a day.