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Security of user accounts is no joking matter. It may be hijacked for spam bots. Someone may pose as you telling stories.
by Joakal 15y ago
Security of user accounts is no joking matter. It may be hijacked for spam bots. Someone may pose as you telling stories.
- zackzackzack 15y agoSpam bots are a legitimate concern to me. I'll probably start rotating passwords if I sense that something like that is happening. I don't want to hurt hacker news. And somebody could already pose as me, or you, or anybody else on here who isn't way famous (nobody could pose as pg). Anybody can be anybody else on the internet.
- jeswin 15y agoAs much as you got downvoted for your earlier comment, I see the point you are making. Anyone can be anyone, and if you don't care about your account the password doesn't matter. (Although it does help spammers get around the green-username badge.) In this case I can see why some people downvoted you. But otherwise, downvoting should be reserved for spam/malice and not for a differing opinion, not even for one that you totally disagree with.