[tor-talk] registration for youtube, gmail over Tor - fake voicemail / sms anyone?

Maxim Kammerer mk at dee.su
Tue Oct 16 19:44:52 UTC 2012


On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Mike Hearn <hearn at google.com> wrote:
> If you would like to see the effect our signup security efforts have
> had for yourself, visit buyaccs.com and compare the price of gmail.com
> vs hotmail.com accounts.

SMS-verified GMail accounts: $100 per 1k. Non-SMS-verified GMail
accounts: $95 per 1k. (Annoying millions of users by ignoring their
desire for privacy: priceless.)

Looks like spammers don't value your phone verification efforts too much.

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Maxim Kammerer
Liberté Linux: http://dee.su/liberte


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