[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":773},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-19094818":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":9,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":26,"sentiment":27,"stance_mix":28,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":46,"post_text":49,"what":50,"said":77,"maker_in_thread":221,"shape":228,"grid":233,"attempts":733,"same_week":734,"maker_shows":31,"maker_hidden":764,"reader_version":765,"card":766},"19094818","Startup with no website","GuerillaClick@gmail.com","title","Show HN: Startup with no website - GuerillaClick@gmail.com",null,"eralpb",1549458981,2019,288,184,110,2195,6,"legend","security_privacy","disposable email","other",[20,23,24,25],"verification link","gmail alias","throwaway account","mixed",-0.159,{"positive":29,"neutral":30,"mixed":31,"critical":32},12,18,2,23,55,{"privacy":35,"idea":38,"execution":41,"docs":43,"performance":44,"pricing":45},{"positive":36,"critical":37},0,3,{"positive":39,"critical":40},10,15,{"positive":36,"critical":42},1,{"positive":36,"critical":36},{"positive":36,"critical":36},{"positive":36,"critical":36},[42,36,37,47,36,36,36,36,47,42,42,42,47,42,37,37,48,36,42,31,42,42,42,47,37,47,42,37,37,42,42,47,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,47],5,4,"Hey there, there are lot of disposable email services, but as I was thinking I realized 95% of the time, I don't care about my inbox. I just want to \"verify my email\".\n\nThat's why I created a startup with no website, it's called guerillaclick@gmail.com, it's a credible domain (you don't say) and it will click on any \"verify\" links you send it to it.\n\nYou can use aliases to get around of duplicate emails in the target system, so like\n\nguerillaclick+eralp@gmail.com\nguerillaclick+sdfaskdma@gmail.com\nguerillaclick+111@gmail.com\n\nso choose an alias and start using the service!\n\nI will provide a web",{"problem":51,"audience":57,"pricing":9,"motivation":65,"time_to_build":9,"stack":69,"openness":74,"stage":75,"team_size":76},{"value":52,"source":53,"evidence":54},"Avoids handing real inboxes to sites that require email verification","maker",[55],{"id":56},"post",{"value":58,"source":59,"evidence":60},"people registering on throwaway accounts that require email verification","commenter",[61],{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},"19099564","cypherg","I typically use a rando address @mailsac.com but then I have to take the 3 steps to visit, enable links, click links. With this tool, I'm saved those 3 steps. Keep in mind, this…",{"value":66,"source":53,"evidence":67},"Maker found most inbox contents irrelevant and wanted only to pass email verification",[68],{"id":56},[70],{"value":71,"source":53,"evidence":72},"Gmail API",[73],{"id":56},"open_source","launched","unknown",{"praise":78,"objections":94,"requests":149,"questions":167,"alternatives":191},[79],{"value":80,"source":59,"evidence":81},"Clever, simple workaround for verification emails",[82,86,90],{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"19097646","eXorus84","Good luck for your startup with no website. It's very simple and clever. I started my startup with a website to do a disposable emails service: mailcare.io It's also available in…",{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"19099497","megaman8","What's awesome here, is that he\u002Fshe's created a solution to a problem that almost everyone has. It might need a little work, as shown by other comments. but the core idea is a…",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"19107262","ReedJessen","Wow. This is a sneaky idea. I love it.",[95,101,112,123,138],{"value":96,"source":53,"evidence":97},"Fails on sites requiring session authentication",[98],{"id":99,"by":10,"text":100},"19100000","Thanks for seeing the value, after releasing this I got to know some services require session authentication, so without your password (or cookies) the bot cannot verify. I think…",{"value":102,"source":59,"evidence":103},"Security risk of an account clicking links; possible account takeover",[104,108],{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"19095528","nine_k","This is delightfully crazy. Give some random guys with no website your registration record somewhere, allow them to verify your registration as theirs, and then impersonate you,…",{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"19095544","aboutruby","Seems like the perfect one to get one's account stolen",{"value":113,"source":59,"evidence":114},"Gmail terms of service may be violated",[115,119],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"19095337","ReadyPlayerNone","Interesting, I've a few questions as food for thought. - Is it allowed under GMail's TOS? - Have you considered the security implications of having what is presumably a server…",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"19100826","timmit","it is a geek idea! i like it. you still get a website? ``` I will provide a website to see the inbox of your alias. (maybe for services who send your pw in the email, but then…",{"value":124,"source":59,"evidence":125},"Calling it a startup is misleading with no business model",[126,130,134],{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"19097753","alpb","Why do you call this a \"startup\"? It's a nice hack for sure but I'm not sure if it's has a prospect of being a business.",{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"19099325","desireco42","If you are not making money off of it, why would you call it a startup. It really is a project of yours. Thank you for making this though.",{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"19098925","mandeepj","Good thought. At the same time, it's a feature; not a startup. Sorry.",{"value":139,"source":59,"evidence":140},"Plus-address rejection by services makes aliases less useful",[141,145],{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"19098335","reaperducer","guerillaclick+eralp@gmail.com guerillaclick+sdfaskdma@gmail.com guerillaclick+111@gmail.com Unfortunately, more and more services are rejecting + e-mail addresses. Either…",{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"19095109","aogl","A lot of services don't allow +uniqueSection in email addresses anymore; just bear in mind..",[150,157],{"value":151,"source":59,"evidence":152},"Chrome extension to auto-fill plus-address aliases",[153],{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"19099962","anant90","Request for feature: Chrome extension: a shortcut fills in guerillaclick+\u003Crandom_hash>@gmail.com",{"value":158,"source":59,"evidence":159},"Open source the link-clicking program",[160,164],{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"19097021","dimensi0nal","When Google inevitably shuts this down can you opensource the link clicking program?",{"id":165,"by":10,"text":166},"19099388","I will open source whenever I have time, I just did it last night and decided to share.",[168,173,180],{"value":169,"source":59,"evidence":170},"Does it break Gmail's terms?",[171,172],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},{"value":174,"source":59,"evidence":175},"Could phone number verification be handled similarly?",[176],{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},"19104823","iazid","Can something similar be done with phone number verification ?",{"value":181,"source":59,"evidence":182},"How well does it scale given Gmail sending limits?",[183,187],{"id":184,"by":185,"text":186},"19100935","rkagerer","How well will this scale? I know GSuite Gmail accounts are limited to 3600 emails per hour, among other limits.",{"id":188,"by":189,"text":190},"19095495","tnr23","what about the gmail receive limit? its 60 emails per minute or about 80k per day if you hit 1 minute over 60 you get blocked 24h",[192,203,210,217],{"value":193,"source":59,"evidence":194},"Mailinator",[195,199],{"id":196,"by":197,"text":198},"19095307","swongel","You can use Mailinator to do this already, you can see all of their inboxes on their website and you can use all of their domains to bypass domain restrictions. 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