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Spammers can already do that API call and see if the domain shows up. This only puts human users at the same level of consideration as spammer automation.
by vasco 3y ago
Spammers can already do that API call and see if the domain shows up. This only puts human users at the same level of consideration as spammer automation.
- altairprime 3y agoSeriously dedicated spammers can, yes! But antispam is about reducing the noise threshold, and eliminating low-effort spam opportunities that can be done to a single HTTP endpoint with a bash script is a big win. Simply having to access two pages is already too much to bother with for the vast majority.