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		seaman1921 on Feb 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeed... I work in abuse (prevention), and you might want to change the name of that website since it is very similar (edit distance 1) from some really bad stuff - unfortunately i can't share more details for obvious reasons :)

seaman1921 on Feb 11, 2022 [–]

By the way, your website access is already blocked by certain ISPs and marked as "dangerous".

rsync on Feb 11, 2022 | [–]

I have learned that this is common with a URL shortener - they immediately get used by all kinds of scammers.

I learned a bit and played the cat-and-mouse game for a bit but for now ... we're marked as "dangerous".

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