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Urgent Security Update Regarding Your Bitly Account
(
bitly.com
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earlyresort
on May 9, 2014
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voltagex_
on May 9, 2014
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Typically, @homakov is holding some of the cards:
https://twitter.com/homakov/status/464568812583800832
SEJeff
on May 9, 2014
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That guy is an absolute machine
dsjoerg
on May 9, 2014
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Seriously! I would love to spend one evening in that guy's brain.
rdl
on May 9, 2014
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I had drinks with him in Bangkok. He is at least as awesome as you'd expect.
yclept
on May 9, 2014
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We have no reason to believe == we have no way of knowing?
dustingetz
on May 9, 2014
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I haven't used my account and don't care about it, am I at risk if I dont do this?
MPSimmons
on May 9, 2014
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If you don't reuse that password anywhere else, and you don't have anything else depending on bitly, then the worst case is that someone could post links as you.
Zigurd
on May 9, 2014
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Anyone got a link to the delete account page? Is there one?
thinkalone
on May 9, 2014
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Looks like there is no way -
http://support.bitly.com/knowledgebase/articles/105373-how-d...
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