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It was the way he did it. If he'd just sent me an email about this hack I'd have been amused and grateful.

Really though, this is such a simple attack you'd think that it would be protected against. Any argument about "trust" is irrelevant due to the frustratingly simple way this system has been gamed. Usernames, that's it? I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner.

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