Comment on 4chan’s ‘cesspool of the internet’ is down after apparently being hacked

return2ozma@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• big_slap@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  However, Jared Holt, a senior researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, points out that in terms of wilder rumors about .edu and .gov email addresses in the leaked lists, “the source for this claim was not legit…after spending the morning with what materials I could halfway assess as legit I am sad to report that this is a real snoozer.”

  come on man, read the article lol

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• expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  those are not the .edu ICE is looking for, unless for recruiting purposes

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  • omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    L

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• wise_pancake@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why would anyone use their real email on 4chan? I wouldn’t touch it without at least a proxy or two and a vpn.

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  • Vegasvator@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You don’t need an email at all to post on 4chan. You don’t register to use 4chan or post on 4chan. The only logins are for staff. People are making up and spreading rumors that don’t even know how 4chan works.

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    • homicidalrobot@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You haven’t been there in a few years clearly, they added a rate limit (Waiting period) to posting initially from mobile devices and a timer between posts that you can skip by registering an email a while back. You can also purchase a 4chan pass to bypass this completely, which requires an associated registered account. It’s interesting to see people who haven’t interacted with the site in a long time espousing that they have expert opinions on it.

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    • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I haven’t used 4chan since like 2008, so no idea how its changed.

      I do remember a username/password mechanic but can’t remember how it worked.

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      • Uranium_Green@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Trip codes are I think what you’re taking about, not all boards had them enabled but they were a way of authenticating a user on the boards that did

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      • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It just added a hash of the password to your posts so that others could verify which user made the post. These hashes were easily cracked though. The username could be anything you want. There was no account creation

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  • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Gonna need seven firewalls for that kind of work.

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    • 4am@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Image

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• Fingolfinz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m having orgasmic convulsions like when my prostate gets rubbed during blowies

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• Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Don’t threaten me with a good time!

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