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		Zuider on Sept 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Perils of an .xyz Domain > Tell the sender it failed... But if the sender is a bad actor, they can just keep testing until they succeed, which will make fraud worse.

account42 on Sept 20, 2021 [–]

Apparently sometimes the sender is not a bad actor.

Zuider on Sept 20, 2021 | [–]

Bad actors are why we can't have nice things. Think of how simple, clean and efficient computing would be if we didn't have to keep criminals and idiots at bay.

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