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aston
on Aug 21, 2007
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HackrTrackr: 3 Days, 300 Users Who Want a Forum = ...
If users trust you with their passwords, you can use the HTTP Identity API provided by news.yc. That is submit a POST directly to the login page (y?u=username&p=password, but POSTed). If "Bad login." is in the resulting page, that's not them.
dottertrotter
on Aug 21, 2007
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Yeah, I thought of that. However, I wanted to come up with a solution that never involved them giving me their y combinator password.
Consider applying for YC's Spring batch! Applications are open till Feb 11.
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