schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoA researcher bought noreply.net. Companies started sending him secrets.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1378arrow-down12
arrow-up1376arrow-down1external-linkA researcher bought noreply.net. Companies started sending him secrets.arstechnica.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoI’ve used example.com in tests because my understanding is that domain is for examples and tests, and it’s pretty harmless if something accidentally really sends an email
minus-squareRustySharp@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoIf I were the NSA running example.com, I too would say it’s “totally harmless, for realsies, trust us”.
minus-squaresome_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoIt’s the IANA who has it reserved
minus-squareRustySharp@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoYes. Yes. Totally not the NSA.
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIt’s in the name “I Am Not the American national security agency - IANA”
I’ve used
example.comin tests because my understanding is that domain is for examples and tests, and it’s pretty harmless if something accidentally really sends an emailIf I were the NSA running
example.com, I too would say it’s “totally harmless, for realsies, trust us”.It’s the IANA who has it reserved
Yes. Yes. Totally not the NSA.
It’s in the name “I Am Not the American national security agency - IANA”
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