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		tomcorrigan on Aug 1, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dropbox confirms it got hacked, will offer two-fa... I'm just going to quote the HN guideline back to you. > please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait.

jarek on Aug 1, 2012 [–]

Yep, the guideline does say that. That is why I said recent policy. There have been several recent instances of submission title being edited to match the article linked, in some cases when that title was misleading or provided minimal context. Some examples here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4102013

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