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		ok123456 on Aug 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Namecheap CEO offers $10k bounty for changing some... Inserting a TXT entry isn't a harmless change these days, because it's one way to authenticate ownership of a domain. Like recovering a google apps admin login.

arielcostas on Aug 29, 2022 [–]

It can be used harmfully (as everything) but adding one isn't as harmful as for example deleting an A entry or changing CNAMEs to another domain

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