I accidentally had my forgejo instance open for registration. When I noticed it, there were tons of fake accounts open, with empty repos opened for each account. All of them had emails associated with them. They might've just been trying to annoy me, or maybe there was some plan to be executed later, since they'd have access to basically free storage, without any tracking.
In any case, I have cleaned all of it, and now have a list of 19311 usernames and emails. Maybe I can submit these somewhere for a spam filter? Idk, just curious if there's any point in keeping this list.
[Here's the list.](https://files.catbox.moe/9hrerg.txt)
You’re right to fail the same about Google. Don’t use their messaging services. The only way to get true privacy is through transparency à la FOSS software.
Your opinion about Arch is outdated at best. I run Arch, and I don’t think I needed to do any tinkering in the last few months. For first time Arch users, I’ll recommend them to just use EndeavourOS. I have it on my laptop, and it’s basically Arch, but with a hassle free installation process.
I installed Linux on our family PC when I was in high school since it was sluggish running Windows. That’s what got me into the world of tech in general. I got interested in FOSS, and privacy awareness was of course part of the ethos.
Cigarettes and meth are both bad for your health. One is much worse than the other though.