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Re:Gravatars: why publishing your email's hash is not a good... by ryanelkins on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @10:52AM (#998987)
Uh, can't they also link those accounts by noticing that they are the exact same picture? I mean, I thought that was partially the point.
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Re:Gravatars: why publishing your email's hash is not a good... by warp on Thursday December 17, 2009 @04:33AM (#1000723)
The problem is they can match these profiles even if you haven't signed up for gravatar at all. Your email hash is always sent to gravatar.com.
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