Didn’t people start publishing lists of these and people started applying and these HR departments lost their minds?

Yup someone started to aggregate those. Corp lawyers probably laughed at their cuteness and then proceeded to obscure the process even more. Say, only publish in newspapers without an online presence, so someone has to physically scan it. Or find a small town where few people in tech live. Also notify the HR department to ensure to flag out all US applications for some other "unrelated reason" that look plausible on paper.

Anyone know the list ? Curious to check it out

Yes, jobs.now