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title: 'wait, i had a thought? (a semi-random suggestion turning into a neat idea)'
url: 'https://brendo.org/blog/hibp-domain-search-thoughts'
markdown: 'https://brendo.org/blog/hibp-domain-search-thoughts.md'
date: '2023-10-10'
description: 'A couple of my colleagues now have a few Have I Been Pwned stickers. One wanted to stickerbomb some of their personal gear, and another I offered just because I could. That second colleague queried how I ended up with so many stickers in the first place, which reminded me… It’s kind of amusing to think that what started as a kind of'
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# wait, i had a thought? (a semi-random suggestion turning into a neat idea)

## [wait, i had a thought? (a semi-random suggestion turning into a neat idea)](https://brendo.org/blog/hibp-domain-search-thoughts)

    10th Oct 2023  

A couple of my colleagues now have a few [Have I Been Pwned](https://haveibeenpwned.com) stickers. One wanted to stickerbomb some of their personal gear, and another I offered just because I could. That second colleague queried how I ended up with so many stickers in the first place, which reminded me…

It’s kind of amusing to think that what started as [a kind of random, barely-paying-attention](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2zykoOIHVs&t=3402s) suggestion turning into [Troy having one of those gear-turning moments](https://www.troyhunt.com/welcome-to-the-new-have-i-been-pwned-domain-search-subscription-service/#:~:text=You%20can%20see%20the%20gears%20turning%20around%20in%20my%20head%20as%20I%20read%20his%20suggestion), which ultimately resulted in making his life a hell of a lot easier, by the sounds of it, to revamp the HIBP Domain Search feature into a subscription service that, if memory serves correct, *also* ties the breach lookup API in on top of this. Did I mention that after initially reaching out a few days later to mention more thought went into that idea, Troy and myself brainstormed the idea a little? (*note in editing: …no i didn’t, otherwise i wouldn’t have pulled the post to add this*)

There were some sane ideas:

![](https://brendo.org/user/pages/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-10-at-12.23.07-1024x837.png)

And there were some more… let’s say chaotic (totally not plagiarising, even if accidental) ideas:

![](https://brendo.org/user/pages/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-09-at-22.31.18.png)

![](https://brendo.org/user/pages/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-10-at-12.26.19-1000x1024.png)

And then some more sane ideas:

![](https://brendo.org/user/pages/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-10-at-12.29.20-1024x772.png)

In the end Troy (understandably) opted not to be sued.

![](https://brendo.org/user/pages/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-09-at-22.38.25-1024x59.png)

And I’m only recalling this now. Over two months since that previously mentioned blog post went live. Maybe I should half pay attention when discussion is had about ideas more often…

:D

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