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		socceroos on July 8, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How does one create a fake identity? Your username of 'one time only', is that a reflection on the proper use of an OTP? Is there a story there about a mistake? Just curious. =)

kimble on July 8, 2013 [–]

Well you know, we all make mistakes.

There is nobody who likes to be woken by a dawn-raid!

Old-school hackers still like proper handles rather than random strings for usernames, even for one time posts.

The devil is in the details.

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