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Just because an account is real doesn't mean it isn't spam. Most of the forum registration spam is done by real people. Also, I think most users anyway use a s
by buboard 7y ago
Just because an account is real doesn't mean it isn't spam. Most of the forum registration spam is done by real people.
Also, I think most users anyway use a secondary or "throwaway" mail account to sign up to various websites that are not critical to them. This problem is largely already solved.
- olliej 7y agoBut what does getting a real email address do in that case? If you watch the presentation or read the transcript, they explicitly say that they're doing fraud/spam account prevention. Do you really think you're doing more fraud/spam detection and prevention work than apple?
- buboard 7y agoThe email is not the relevant part. Apple sign in requires the purchase of an apple device so it's almost guaranteed to not be a bot. However apple cant know (and shouldn't know btw) if the iphone user uses it to sign up and spam various websites.
- olliej 7y agoApple already has a lot of anti-spam/fraud accounts because they need to prevent iMessage spam (is your forum going to be subject to the same spam account pressure of a system like iMessage or iCloud?) But also any argument that the makes spam harder to block also applies to Facebook or google logins - I can’t imagine spammers are using real email addresses with those services. The only people this changes the experience for are actual users. Spammers already have a huge array of options to get “real email addresses”.