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What about pay per support request? I'd think the people who are desperately trying to get back their email account legitimately are going to be much more willi
by telchar 9y ago
What about pay per support request? I'd think the people who are desperately trying to get back their email account legitimately are going to be much more willing to pay, say $10, than a free energy crank. Presumably they could set the price at a level they can afford even if everyone and their brother use the support service.
- sdrinf 9y agoUnder adversarial conditions (basically, any large-scale ops), this becomes the highest-leverage way for adversaries to aggressively DDoS the weakest point of such support queue. Also, consider the conditions: * You are a scammer * You pay $10 to Google to "fix getting back into your account" * Google knows that account does not, actually belongs to you, but now are in a position, where they either: eat the $10 with a WONTFIX, and pave the way to a mass lawsuit or refund the $10, and have a free way for scammers to exploit.