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jsnellyesterday at 9:25 PM0 repliesview on HN

The _Science_ paper linked is paywalled, is anyone aware of a preprint?

I find it a bit curious that they've chosen to use SMS verifications as a proxy for the difficulty of creating an account, when there are similar marketplaces for selling the actual end product of bulk-created accounts. Was there some issue with that kind of data? SMS verification is just one part of the anti-bulk account puzzle, for both the attacker and defender.