• @big_slap@lemmy.world
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      664 days 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

    • @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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      214 days 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.

    • Fingolfinz
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      44 days ago

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

  • Komodo Rodeo
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    224 days ago

    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.

    • kingthrillgore
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      104 days ago

      honestly a registered .gov address is a great way to recruit new meat into the ICE grinder

      • Komodo Rodeo
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        14 days ago

        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.”

          • Komodo Rodeo
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            34 days ago

            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.

    • @peregrin5@lemm.ee
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      Even bigger question: why would you register on 4chan? Isn’t the whole point anonymity?

      • @ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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        64 days ago

        The only people who would register would be janitors, mods, and admins. There are 4chan passes where you pay $20 a year to skip captchas and have a lower post cooldown which works by associating a token with an IP address. The token is emailed to you and you get reminder emails when the token is expiring so you can renew it. So 4chan would likely have emails for pass users too. Pass users still post anonymously. I don’t know the exact stat but I remember the owner saying something like only 1% of users have a pass.

    • @TacticalCheddar@lemm.ee
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      14 days ago

      My god, I just checked that site. The whole thing is a zoo. Millions of years of evolution went into this species only to go down the toilet there.

      • @dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        It’s mostly 16–22 year old autistic kid boys from around the western world, so you’re not far off in that it’s the worst demographic humanity has to offer in terms of internet discourse. I say this as a sperg who’s been on 4chan since he was 16 😂