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Re:Open Letter to Google on Mandatory Developer Registration... by jyoung8607 on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @01:44PM (#47140905)
Persistence allows the scammer free license to attempt password recoveries for every account the victim could possibly have. Other banks, retirement accounts, the victim's email account.
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Re:Open Letter to Google on Mandatory Developer Registration... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @06:33PM (#47145076)
Scammer that thrive are greedy, but not too greedy. Easier to break into one type of account for 10 victims, than to break into 10 different account of one victim. Persistence is risk.
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