This is the first time I've heard of slopsquatting, but it does seem like a major and easily exploitable risk.

However, blocking an email domain will dissuade only the lowest effort attacker. If the abusers think slopsquatting is effective, they'll easily be able to find (or create) an alternative email provider to facilitate it.

And assuming that the attacks will persist, sometimes it's better to let them keep using these massive red flags like an inbox.ru email so that it remains a reliable way to separate the the fraudulent from legitimate activity.

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halJordan a day ago | parent [-]

Of course this is true. It's the worst reason to denigrate a proactive measure. Speeders buy radar detectors. Wife beaters buy their wife long sleeves. This complaint is levied all the time by everyone which makes it low effort and not useful.

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genidoi a day ago | parent [-]

The problem with using random real world situations as analogies for niches within Software Engineering is that they're not only (almost) ways wrong, but always misrepresentative of the situation in it's entirety

	▲	redserk a day ago \| parent [-]
		Our entire profession is “how can we make thing difficult enough to not be used incorrectly” That applies from user experience: “how do I get user to click button”, to security “how do I lock things down enough to prevent most attacks I can think of”, to hardware design: “how do I ensure the chipset won’t melt down under really stupid software conditions” Starting with the low hanging fruit isn’t always the worst option. Sometimes it’s enough to dissuade people to give up.