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underwater
on June 14, 2011
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If you develop web apps, don't do this.
That's true but with reset password links you can force the user to do extra work, like enter a CAPTCHA or answer a secret question. That should prevent bots from scraping and compromising accounts on a large scale.
Consider applying for YC's Spring batch! Applications are open till Feb 11.
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