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September 6, 2022 (3y ago)
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  1. Ask HN: Daily Twilio OTP attacks, why, just why?

    We're experiencing daily twilio OTP attacks that create accounts. We block IPs and have throttled rate of account creation. But other than running up our bills (~$10 / day) I don't understand what they gain from this.…

    4 points 5
  2. Ask HN: Why doesn't Reddit give it's mod's a revenue cut
    5 points 18
  3. Nuclear Now (nytimes.com)
    6 points 2
  4. Over-Hiring for Prestige (fortune.com)
    2 points 2
  5. Ask HN: Anyone traveling to Argentina, need to get a developer a new laptop

    Apparently it's impossible to purchase a macbook there...

    1 points 3
  6. What were the major end user scams in web 1 and web 2?

    I recall ad fraud (click farms etc) and maybe some early ecommerce buy but not receive goods but nothing at the scale (even adjusted for web 1 adoption in the 90s) at crypto frequency/scale. Identity/credit theft maybe?

    1 points 2