Dear devs,
It's NEVER ok to create accounts for a webapp that require an email address, unless you validate that address first.😡
Every week, I get someone signing up for some kind of site with my email address without my consent.
And most of those sites make it difficult if not nearly impossible to stop their transactional npub1r2rru0hsgmsk30552gf90e0ztj2evm7r3wzj5t7qqslumct9f3aqgdhs70 (npub1r2r…hs70).
:boost_love: Please boost for basic education.
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Michael Downey 🇺🇳 /
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2023-03-20 13:28:14
Author Public Key
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2023-03-20 13:28:14Event JSON
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