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4chan’s ‘cesspool of the internet’ is down after apparently being hacked
(www.theverge.com)
those are not the .edu ICE is looking for, unless for recruiting purposes
Why would anyone use their real email on 4chan? I wouldn’t touch it without at least a proxy or two and a vpn.
Gonna need seven firewalls for that kind of work.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
I’m having orgasmic convulsions like when my prostate gets rubbed during blowies
Don't threaten me with a good time!
Heard about this just a few hours ago, and have been laughing ever since. This is going to be brutal, there are people who registered with .gov e-mail addresses. As the use of 4chan has been cited to me as potentially disqualifying people seeking security clearance for government, police, or military careers, this hack single-handedly has the potential to torpedo thousands of edgy bois in one fell swoop.
Keep dreaming. 4chan only has registration for staff. All you have to do to post on 4chan is a captcha. Did you even read the article? It addresses the .edu and .gov rumor as false.
If you say so, I'll take your word for it.
I’ll never understand anyone that uses their school or work emails for social networking.
I mean, is there even any verification? Or could I just register as bigboners69@harvard.edu or potus@us.gov?
honestly a registered .gov address is a great way to recruit new meat into the ICE grinder
Just wondering, what org specifically asks for 4chan use?
I've been told that for clearance above reliability that social media use becomes an issue. 4chan was specifically cited to me by the person with whom I spoke. I'd assume that this means any/all alphabet government agencies, but Army was all that I heard about specifically.
"Do you browse or use 4chan?"
"No."
"OK, good, because you weren't advancing beyond this stage if you said yes."
Unregrettably I don't know how that community works but wouldn't 90% of 4chan users say they don't use 4chan?
Sure, but lying during a process involving security clearance would essentially hang over their head the entire time that they used the credential as a means to get work. It's not like lying about whether or not you like the food that someone served at a dinner, it sticks.
Hilarious how you try to make fun of "edgy bois" while being one yourself and simultaneously being wrong.
If I ever seen a self burn.
Dang, now I have to go outside to find white supremacists.
Twitter and Fox News are just a click away!
Did you get banned from Truth?
I goddamn well hope so
Can the same thing happen to kiwifarms?
Wow, news to me. That place sucks.
Good
lol I hope they lose their jobs and educations
noo muh greentexts ;-;
Hahahaha fucking fuck yeah
Well, that put a smile on my face
Ooh, now's their opportunity to come back as a Fediverse instance!
Oh hell no!
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