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by iamdelirium 975 days ago
Bots and spammers are already using stolen credit card to pay for Premium. This isn't going to stop them.
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Maybe the top end of the distribution is doing that. That’s an entire criminal operation which no doubt does happen of course. But not all spammers put in the same amount of effort. Cutting down spam is about sealing off the big leaks first.