FWIW, I tried creating a Hacker News account via Tor. I was hit with an unending... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		gnicholas on Oct 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gmail marking email from me as spam FWIW, I tried creating a Hacker News account via Tor. I was hit with an unending stream of CAPTCHAs. Eventually gave up. I was surprised/disappointed to see this happen on HN.

sdan on Oct 25, 2019 [–]

Possibly because HN was under attack a few weeks ago. More about that here: https://sdan.xyz/hnhack

gnicholas on Oct 26, 2019 | [–]

This was months or years ago.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact