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Is this a trap to build a mailing list? I tried a bunch of fake hotmail emails and 90% of them are "pwned". Very suspicious to say the least.
by goshx 13y ago
Is this a trap to build a mailing list?
I tried a bunch of fake hotmail emails and 90% of them are "pwned". Very suspicious to say the least.
- goshx 13y agoThis sounds as much of a trap as do the websites that tells "how secure is your password" to use them to build dictionaries for brute force.
- gwu78 13y agoAside from those who enter fake addresses or addresses they do not control, the folks who set up websites like this can also connect each email address with an IP address. This might be useful, e.g., for determining geolocation. It is sad to think that naive users are falling for this every time a data breach makes the news, handing over their email address to total strangers.