schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoA researcher bought noreply.net. Companies started sending him secrets.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down12
arrow-up1356arrow-down1external-linkA researcher bought noreply.net. Companies started sending him secrets.arstechnica.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days 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 days 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 days agoIt’s the IANA who has it reserved
minus-squareRustySharp@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoYes. Yes. Totally not the NSA.
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days 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”.Xkcd.com/792
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”