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Interesting tool, but there are some really concerning dark antipatterns here that I really despise: Is the address provided by a known disposable email addr
by 3np 5y ago
Interesting tool, but there are some really concerning dark antipatterns here that I really despise:
Is the address provided by a known disposable email address provider?
Is the email address bound to a known free email provider?
Does email address under test hide a honeypot?
What are the legit use-cases for this? To be sure you can force spam on your users and identify them as ad-targets?
- Biganon 5y agoIf I ban a user who disrupts the functioning of the site, I don't want then to be able to immediately recreate an account. If there is more friction to this process, I can hope they will lose interest soon enough. Sure they can create an infinite number of Gmail addresses, but it might take then more time.
- jitbit 5y agoRE: use case In our SaaS we enforce slightly stronger limits for trial accounts who sign up from free/disposable emails. User is Gmail? Well, sorry, +XX to "spam score". They will probably use our system for spamming.
- yreg 5y agoThey even link honeypot to spamtrap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamtrap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamtrap