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Re:Ask HN: Which hackers should I be following these days? by distrorepoman on Sunday September 02, 2018 @04:28PM (#17898481)
the hackers you really should be following are not indexed on any search engine, since ANI trunking on PSTN took off the BBS scene has come back and is thriving. use a fax machine and do a PBX number walk and you will be propelled into a new world.

BTW what does anybody else here think about the concept that shadowbanning leads to creation of an egregious number of throwaway sock puppet accounts on HN?

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Re:Ask HN: Which hackers should I be following these days? by superflit on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @02:02PM (#17911314)
No need to use a fax machine to number walk..

Remember ToneLoc?

War Dialers?

?N-?

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Re:Ask HN: Which hackers should I be following these days? by nuthersox on Sunday September 02, 2018 @06:31PM (#17899047)
yes throwaway accounts evade the shadowban
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