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but whhyyy. its like kickin a puppy

[–] SatyrSack 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hunt says there are 31 million unique email addresses in the database

I cannot imagine there are nearly that many individuals with an Internet Archive account. Is there any reason that an average user would need to create an account in the first place? And would someone need to create multiple?

[–] Dungrad 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You need one to create a snapshot, no?

[–] SatyrSack 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, there are just extra features if you are signed in

[–] Dungrad 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for clarifying!

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That'd pretty minor

I'd be more worried about there financial state. Imagine if they were ransomewared