Comment by coder-pm
3 hours ago
This matrix is not a condition, it’s a key. JSON.stringify with it’s data goes to the scrypt as a password and that creates an AES-256-GCM key. There is no if, every other input won’t decrypt. That’s why no one will get payload from the package without knowing the exact input.
1. “The X is not Y, it's Z” 2. 3 months old account
Bad bot.
(I still wonder what these not operators have to gain in that process, but they sure want HN karma).
Interestingly, the presumed bot uses unicode apostrophes (’) instead of ', yet misspells "its".
Tamping down on verbosity, removing em-dashes and adding misspellings are the obvious fixes to apply when your first attempts at spamming get flagged for being too on-the-nose: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=coder-pm&next=487167...