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An open source database of disallowed usernames for software projects to prevent phishing and impersonation.

4 mentions on Hacker News by 1 person: 1 story, 3 comments · first 2013-07-26 · latest 2020-08-16

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  1. Consider using something like this: https://github.com/dsignr/disallowed-usernames Disclaimer: I'm the author
    comment by neya · 2020-08-16 · in Show HN: Simple Blogging Platform – QuickPublisher
  2. …a security issue. One of the reasons why we created this database of huge disallowed usernames: https://github.com/dsignr/disallowed-usernames
    comment by neya · 2018-04-28 · in "@" on Twitter
  3. …certain usernames, I created this GitHub Repo sometime back. Feel free to submit a pull request :) https://github.com/dsignr/disallowed-usernames
    comment by neya · 2018-02-12 · in Let’s talk about usernames
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    Request HN: An open source list of disallowed usernames
    story by neya · 2013-07-26 · 18 comments