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0 pointsbigbugbag9y ago0 comments

This is a blatant advertisement for a way to collect phone numbers. I'm not sure breaching privacy and social engineering scheme are welcome or else HN would be filled with malwares and the likes.

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coldtea9y ago

>This is a blatant advertisement for a way to collect phone numbers.

Not anymore than any other service that to work asks for phone numbers or email addresses.

You might not appreciate or have a use for the service, which is tongue in cheek, but that doesn't make it "malware" or "social engineering".

tyre9y ago

This isn't an advertisement, it is a marketing program. they aren't advertising Breather itself, just a side-project.

As for HN and marketing programs, you may notice that Hacker News is run by Y Combinator. YC has a considerable interest in owning the news platform for startups and engineers. This is not a coincidence.

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