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Re: X0.at: upload files from cURL

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These are always nice little sites to have around, but they can't really grow much in popularity before users start abusing them to distribute illegal things at which point the site has to start doing more and more content moderation or be shut down.

Re: X0.at: upload files from cURL

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post #2

These are always nice little sites to have around, but they can't really grow much in popularity before users start abusing them to distribute illegal things at which point the site has to start doing more and more content moderation or be shut down.

Came to say this. OP: If this is your site it will be used for piracy, underage porn and phishing within hours.

Re: X0.at: upload files from cURL

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post #3
post #2

These are always nice little sites to have around, but they can't really grow much in popularity before users start abusing them to distribute illegal things at which point the site has to start doing more and more content moderation or be shut down.

Came to say this. OP: If this is your site it will be used for piracy, underage porn and phishing within hours.

It might be a honeypot for exactly that purpose aswell

Re: X0.at: upload files from cURL

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post #2

These are always nice little sites to have around, but they can't really grow much in popularity before users start abusing them to distribute illegal things at which point the site has to start doing more and more content moderation or be shut down.

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Re: X0.at: upload files from cURL

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post #3
post #2

These are always nice little sites to have around, but they can't really grow much in popularity before users start abusing them to distribute illegal things at which point the site has to start doing more and more content moderation or be shut down.

Came to say this. OP: If this is your site it will be used for piracy, underage porn and phishing within hours.

which makes the p2p file transfer websites so special https://file.pizza/ and https://webwormhole.io/

(*based on https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole)

Re: X0.at: upload files from cURL

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post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Came to say this. OP: If this is your site it will be used for piracy, underage porn and phishing within hours.

It might be a honeypot for exactly that purpose aswell

What would it lead them to other than the user's VPN ip/Tor exit node?

Re: X0.at: upload files from cURL

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post #3
post #2

These are always nice little sites to have around, but they can't really grow much in popularity before users start abusing them to distribute illegal things at which point the site has to start doing more and more content moderation or be shut down.

Came to say this. OP: If this is your site it will be used for piracy, underage porn and phishing within hours.

Not OP, but this site has been around for months at least, maybe a year, it would be sad if it had to taken down right after landing on the front page of HN.
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