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by riter 2379 days ago
I wholly admit the title was a bit charged and I appreciate the correction from the mod(s). That said, it questions the security model of privacy apps and the nature of open source. As I mentioned above, there is a reason they make it a hurdle to scale account creation.

It represents more than just a crawler if you have an imagination. That said, I was looking for a solution for one of the listed use-cases and none existed so I did something about it and shared it and now one exists. It takes no creativity to deride a work, and enough to make one and put it out there.

Getting both sides of the feedback has been a fun learning experience and looking forward to putting more out given the amount of feedback! Thank you both :)