Two billion email addresses were exposed

Re:Two billion email addresses were exposed by sunnybeetroot on Sunday November 09, 2025 @10:47AM (#45866376)

Thank you for expanding. Sure you can prepay up to a certain extent. Eventually your domain will be available to others for purchase and therefore your accounts will become vulnerable. Maybe this isn’t an issue if in the worst situation you’re not around but if this could cause chaos for your friends and family I would suggest taking it into account.

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Re:Two billion email addresses were exposed by fsckboy on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @07:22PM (#45894784)

>Eventually your domain will be available to others for purchase and therefore your accounts will become vulnerable.

what are you talking about? after I'm dead?

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Re:Two billion email addresses were exposed by sunnybeetroot on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @01:20AM (#45896918)

Any situation in which you fail to renew them.

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Re:Two billion email addresses were exposed by bcrl on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @08:30AM (#45899885)

Given that domain renewals can be purchased multiple years into the future, along with the fact that there are grace periods after expiration, it would take an awful lot of failure to lose a domain unintentionally. I've held my primary domain since 1997 multiple registrars and numerous hosting / colocation arrangements over the years. It sounds harder than it is if you haven't done it before.

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