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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

These scams didn't just start this year. Yes it is easier with these tools but a lot of things are becoming easier because of them, not just the bad stuff.

The problem is legislating too aggressively won't really affect the scammers and would only fuck up all the good application of the tech.