Former YC CEO Michael Seibel has a wonderful video that might help you a LOT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgmmje5WHWA
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# Phd student detained (Rumeysa Ozturk) https://bsky.app/profile/democracynow.org/post/3llecj2d4ec27
# Even citizens could be deported https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43627611
# Germans https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/world/europe/german-touri...
# Canadian detained - Jasmine Mooney https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-det... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0niuiBzK5Vw
# French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-f...
# Is it safe to travel with phone https://archive.is/taZBx
# Indians https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/elderly-indian-g...
Edit: It is important to mention that this is what has happened in the past 79 days. Things can get a LOT worse.
From the first of Newton's laws: "An object in motion will remain in motion with the same speed unless met with a force of resistance".
Lesson 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tocssf3w80&list=PLhZxrogyTo...
Full Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhZxrogyToZsllfRqQlly...
Threat analysis? Maybe
HN has value larger than for just for the community of people commenting here. It is also used as a platform for YC companies. YC Founders can even see each others usernames in orange color[1].
A spamming actor could also be testing the limits of the system now for a future attack. Anyway, this is the job an Infosec team usually deals with. Hopefully @dang / HN team has access to people with such skillset.
Why would he want that though, I don't know...