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He isn't trying to take away from the achievement, just highlighting some legitimate security concerns. IMHO this is justified since people often overlook how
by cronin101 8y ago
He isn't trying to take away from the achievement, just highlighting some legitimate security concerns.
IMHO this is justified since people often overlook how critical an attack vector this would be.
Imagine if a state-sponsored "hobbyist" posted a pet project like the OP to Reddit and started harvesting keys/password reset capabilities for huge amounts of users.
Hell, people flocked to use unroll.me and then it turned out they were (predictably) scraping your entire inbox and selling the data to advertisers.
I don't believe that worrying somebody's skepticism might hurt feelings is a legitimate reason to downvote (remember, downvotes aren't about whether you agree with somebody; it's about whether they add constructively to discussion).
Aside: Great work OP. Seems like an incredibly hard sector to make traction with though, so best of luck.
- ryandrake 8y agoYea, I kind of feel the same way about it. "Great work but not my cup of tea for reasons A, B, and C" should be valid feedback on a Show HN.
- porker 8y agoAbsolutely. But the OP forgot the "Great work but...". Had they, I wouldn't have commented.
- augbog 8y agoWell said. It's very impressive and I have a lot of hopes for the future but I feel the concerns are very valid and if OP wishes to take this to the next step, he/she needs to be aware of the security implications and possibly figure out a way to help address them. Regardless, I'm really glad there are more people trying to fix the problem of email.