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What are the weirdest/uncanny things you have seen on the clear/dark web? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have come across many weird porn videos, gore etc. but a few times I have come across something that isn't that disturbing but uncanny. A random login page on a dark web site, a random comment on some sports blog seemingly written to conceal something. What are the things you have seen?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can actually explain that.

Gmail will ignore periods and things after a plus sign.

So if we assume my name in so if you have Man.And.Wife@gmail it's the same as ManAndWife@gmail as well as M.a.n.A.n.d.W.i.f.e@gmail or anything in between.

You could also use ManAndWife+roebuck@gmail if you wanted to filter out the emails you get from a defunct retailer.

It's all very useful for categorizing emails and tracking down who is selling your email address to spam lists

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh wow. Well I get a lot of other people's email that way!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If there's any you thought you should've gotten and didn't that's probably what happened there too