Just because it can by beaten doesn’t mean making it harder isn’t useful. This person/team used a VPN. Masking your location is a big red flag for just dev work like this. These things could be exposed in UI.
Fair.
> This person/team used a VPN. Masking your location is a big red flag for just dev work like this. These things could be exposed in UI.
I disagree strongly, and am surprised to hear this argument on Hacker News of all places.
volunteer osint researchers attempt to dox any identity you submit, so you can know whether they're the Right Kind of OSS contributor or not.
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