Patreon lays off 13% of workforce

Re:Patreon lays off 13% of workforce by andy_ppp on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @03:07AM (#22943010)

Yes, water marking downloads with account details and charging for this sort of thing would help put a stop to it...

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Re:Patreon lays off 13% of workforce by jermaustin1 on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @09:15AM (#22945181)

A PDF I bought on sellfy actually did this. It stuck my email address in the footer of every page.

That email was tied to a transaction in paypal, making it highly traceable back to myself. In 30 seconds, one could easily remove that from the PDF in Acrobat, but that doesn't mean there aren't other hidden watermarks in the file.

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Re:Patreon lays off 13% of workforce by michaelt on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @10:59AM (#22946241)

> charging for this sort of thing

If there are zero hacked accounts ever, sure.

But charging someone $500 for actions a hacker took with their account would be.... very unusual.

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