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Lack of accountability for the companies that allow their services & platforms to be used for spam/scamming. Take DocuSign for instance. Still, this many years
by thewebguyd 5mo ago
Lack of accountability for the companies that allow their services & platforms to be used for spam/scamming.
Take DocuSign for instance. Still, this many years later, is a major source of phishing emails from their free trials. DocuSign could easily shut this down today by either requiring a CC for the trial, or forcing a call with a sales rep to start a trial. But they don't, they continue to allow their service to be used for wide scale phishing.
Atera, an RMM, is another one that has been a big source of malware delivery, also via the free trials.
Shutting down the trial accounts after the fact does nothing, the emails already went out.
- Analemma_ 5mo agoI feel like there's no way for them to win, though. The kind of accountability you're talking about what require them to do essentially tons of KYC/AML vetting, and HN would be equally outraged about that.
- duskwuff 5mo agoIt's a little hard to get outraged about that hypothetical, given that legitimate usage of DocuSign typically involves sending them documents containing all sorts of sensitive information.