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Kiro on June 18, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Russia lifts ban on Telegram

Using throwaway accounts is a common practice on HN. It's right there in the username.

maqp on June 19, 2020 [–]

Joining a conversation with throwaway account to list shill points that encourage people to use a dangerous unencrypted communication tool for everything is anything but acceptable.

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