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		tinus_hn on Sept 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gift card gang extracts cash from 100k inboxes dai... Sorry, but if you think emailing codes is the good case you’re beyond help.

tialaramex on Sept 3, 2021 [–]

WebAuthn is the good case, which is the case you didn't break since it doesn't care about any of this. And you made the bad cases worse. So good news I guess, "At least Microsoft aren't as bad at this as tinus_hn".

tinus_hn on Sept 3, 2021 | [–]

Ah, so you just don’t get it. That’s fine. Other people will improve things along the way.

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