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A Decade of Have I Been Pwned

125 points by LaSombra 3y ago

ssss11 3y ago
10 years?! Congrats
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polonbike 3y ago
Previous discussion here (150comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38519257 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38519257
Pixie_Dust 3y ago
It's like déjà vu all over again.
lll-o-lll 3y ago
A decade of “oh. I have been pwned”.
hospitalJail 3y ago
I remember having to send the link to my mother in law. I suppose now that the event is all over, and it mostly affected my mother in law, I can say 'good times'.
michaelcampbell 3y ago
> You know why it's called "Have I Been Pwned"? Try coming up with almost any conceivable normal sounding English name and getting a .com domain for it. Good luck! Maybe he's addressing a slightly different topic, but I remember hearing/seeing "Pwned" long, LONG before this. I remember in the usenet/bbs days "pwn" was just a typo of "own" given the "p" and "o" are next to each other on the qwerty keyboard, and it stuck.
- Thorrez 3y ago
  The article links to this[1] article which mentions pwn being used on BBSes in the 80s. https://www.inverse.com/gaming/pwned-meaning-definition-origins-video-games-internet-hackers https://www.inverse.com/gaming/pwned-meaning-definition-orig...
- deaddodo 3y ago
  I think they mean more why it wasn't called something like "haveibeenowned.com" or "hacked.com". Not that they invented the term "pwned".
  - justneedaname 3y ago
    Yes, from the FAQs: What does "pwned" mean? The word "pwned" has origins in video game culture and is a leetspeak derivation of the word "owned", due to the proximity of the "o" and "p" keys. It's typically used to imply that someone has been controlled or compromised, for example "I was pwned in the Adobe data breach". Read more about how "pwned" went from hacker slang to the internet's favourite taunt.
    - depletedgherkin 3y ago
      I think this website is the main place keeping the term "pwned" alive haha. It's pretty much died out among Gen Z
      - sureglymop 3y ago
        The gen z equivalent is taking the L.
russfink 3y ago
What protects the privacy of queries to this service themselves?
heroprotagonist 3y ago
Duplicate

125 points by LaSombra 3y ago

ssss11 3y ago

10 years?! Congrats

deleted 3y ago

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polonbike 3y ago

Previous discussion here (150comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38519257 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38519257

Pixie_Dust 3y ago

It's like déjà vu all over again.

lll-o-lll 3y ago

A decade of “oh. I have been pwned”.

hospitalJail 3y ago

I remember having to send the link to my mother in law. I suppose now that the event is all over, and it mostly affected my mother in law, I can say 'good times'.

michaelcampbell 3y ago

> You know why it's called "Have I Been Pwned"? Try coming up with almost any conceivable normal sounding English name and getting a .com domain for it. Good luck! Maybe he's addressing a slightly different topic, but I remember hearing/seeing "Pwned" long, LONG before this. I remember in the usenet/bbs days "pwn" was just a typo of "own" given the "p" and "o" are next to each other on the qwerty keyboard, and it stuck.

Thorrez 3y ago
The article links to this[1] article which mentions pwn being used on BBSes in the 80s. https://www.inverse.com/gaming/pwned-meaning-definition-origins-video-games-internet-hackers https://www.inverse.com/gaming/pwned-meaning-definition-orig...
deaddodo 3y ago
I think they mean more why it wasn't called something like "haveibeenowned.com" or "hacked.com". Not that they invented the term "pwned".
- justneedaname 3y ago
  Yes, from the FAQs: What does "pwned" mean? The word "pwned" has origins in video game culture and is a leetspeak derivation of the word "owned", due to the proximity of the "o" and "p" keys. It's typically used to imply that someone has been controlled or compromised, for example "I was pwned in the Adobe data breach". Read more about how "pwned" went from hacker slang to the internet's favourite taunt.
  - depletedgherkin 3y ago
    I think this website is the main place keeping the term "pwned" alive haha. It's pretty much died out among Gen Z
    - sureglymop 3y ago
      The gen z equivalent is taking the L.

russfink 3y ago

What protects the privacy of queries to this service themselves?

heroprotagonist 3y ago

Duplicate