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Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN?

by nevster on 3/22/25, 3:15 AM with 13 comments

Title says it all

  • by bschmidt992 on 3/22/25, 5:07 AM

    (I'm not bschmidt, but just claimed this account since it seemed like the next one he was going to register)

    He seems to think he's cracked "HN's HMAC" but he's confused about why it exists. The HMAC HN requires on comment/story posts is there to protect from CSRF attacks. It's not an anti-bot mitigation since as bschmidt and everyone else knows, it's trivial to automate. It's for CSRF protection: https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/csrf

  • by thomassmith65 on 3/22/25, 3:52 AM

    I flagged this. It's the only visibility the troll in question has achieved. All his posts are dead. Only the minority of us with 'show dead' enabled need know anything about it.

  • by dlivingston on 3/22/25, 3:41 AM

    Very strange. Can't tell if they're doing it "for the lulz" or it's some sort of psychotic breakdown. Either way, good stress test for HN's spam moderation I suppose.

  • by plasticsoprano on 3/22/25, 3:26 AM

    He’s a wittle baby that thinks Wiz doesn’t actually have a product and is a shell company designed to buy other companies and then be acquired. He’s also an hard core antisemite. And a dick.

    ETA: it’s not a theory, you said it yourself the other day on the wiz post. Also, I’m not Jewish.

  • by Jtsummers on 3/22/25, 3:16 AM

    I think the question answers itself. Some dick that's been spamming the site all day.

  • by bediger4000 on 3/22/25, 3:40 AM

    Nobody likes a spammer.

    Once a spammer, always a spammer.