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by LgWoodenBadger 30 days ago
What’s amusing is you’ve now stolen $10 from all of Alice’s accounts if she has more than one, or if Bob has none.
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Continuing the pattern of existing examples (in this case, as present in the article) is a perfectly normal thing to do. I think everyone can make the mental leap that a proper account ID would be used instead of the owner's name in an actual setup.
Sure, you'd need a better key I am just saying for example.