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API Misuse: Hacker Leaks 2.6M Duolingo Users' Emails & Names
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this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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Oh no, my email and name! /s
Very useful for the people who send out phishing scam emails
Which is why I am happy to have email aliases. Alias gets leaked? No problem. I'll just delete that one and make a new one for that service. Scammers and spammers have a useless email address and I still have my clean inbox.
Agreed, very happy i used mozzila relay to sign up for duolingo lol.
Providing a name is optional so for many users its just an email address.