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Title: Be careful of bounty/airdrop campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Bttzed03 on July 12, 2019, 11:00:11 AM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps.
If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! Another scam wallet was exposed recently but it came a bit late for some hunters who already downloaded the shitcoin wallet. Read these topics for more informations:
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Jadesola on July 12, 2019, 11:06:15 AM Personally i don't see the reason why anyone will participate in a campaign that requires you to download app because if every campaign is asking us to download app, how much of space do we have on our android to do all that, you better be wise, do not let anyone steal your information.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: pinoy.bolanon on July 12, 2019, 12:17:30 PM Good reminder, but there are some good project which require us to download their wallet, as i tried it, nothing happens to my cellphone data's, but after i got the tokens from those participation i immediately uninstalled those apps, because it can drained my battery, so the best protection is to have alternative phones for wallet downloads.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Folajuwon56 on July 12, 2019, 12:32:49 PM We have so many campaigns like that around. Majorly, some of them are just to download there wallet and that's all. For me, the very moment and done with such project, I uninstall the app.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: VDraci on July 12, 2019, 12:50:02 PM I don't see anything wrong with bounties asking participants to download wallet app ,you want to participate in the bounty ? You have to download the bounty project wallet ,if you don't want mobile wallet then download the windows wallet
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: take_off on July 12, 2019, 02:03:53 PM Just by looking at the app interface, you can tell if it's an application with trojans. Because such applications will have a non-polished interface and slow processing tasks in the application
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Doranile432 on July 12, 2019, 02:08:47 PM Bounty projects with mobile wallets are hassle free ,no need to download windows wallet that will required the full block chain ,I personally don't see anything wrong I'm using projects mobile wallet unless the project is scam accused
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: ivaf on July 12, 2019, 02:18:33 PM Thanks for the warning.
True, I try not to participate in such campaigns. Sometimes it is better to pass by the supposedly profitable offer than to lose everything (it was with me). Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: lizarder on July 12, 2019, 02:35:56 PM I rarely follow a bounty that requires downloading app, but I often do it on airdrop and it's safe because I always choose the application that would really work and not be too tempted by the rewards they offer and prefer airdrop with small rewards and also do an apk scan on an online antivirus service provider if I think it's safe I'll install it.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: bttmember on July 12, 2019, 02:41:29 PM I have also noticed that some cheaters are coming up with download app bounty campaign which does not seem to be great because with wallets and other things where we are holding our coins we need to be careful and stay away from such links, apps and wallets.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: fortunecrypto on July 12, 2019, 02:59:59 PM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! I will not join any bounty that requires me to download an application even if they offer high rewards, it's not worth it, it's very unusual if they ask you to do that, or if they ask you to download the application should have a github version so every coder can check if the application or file is clean or not Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: masterrex on July 12, 2019, 03:00:10 PM If the project that required to download the application was a trustworthy. Why should i afraid off. usually your pc or laptop computers warned you if you installed some apps that unverified in the appstore of what operating system youll be used. We can avoid these problem by just installing a working Anti-virus and other security inhancement system in your pc or laptop computers. so no worries as long as its working.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: ishirut009 on July 12, 2019, 03:45:33 PM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! wow, this is exactly my thought. Bounty hunters should be wary about some apps that you need to download and install such as wallets in able to join a bounty campaign. Your private keys might got stolen from you with out you even knowing how it happened. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Sellman on July 12, 2019, 04:35:35 PM First, it is risky to invest in new born projects, because all investors know is their OPs, Whitepaper, and very basics disclosed.
Second, it is risky to download and install wallets from new-born projects, because it might contain unknown threats. Even with antivirus softwares, new threats that have not been appeared in data sources are able to damage your devices and steal your important identities. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: rosezionjohn on July 12, 2019, 05:23:54 PM This is a fair warning to all new and veteran hunters. Judging on the comments, it seems some are way too confident with their anti-virus and too complacent. I have uninstalled all apps I was required to download before. It's just too risky to install apps that has not been reviewed yet.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Saisher on July 13, 2019, 06:08:24 AM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! If they have a GitHub repository and it is an open sourced and developers have proven that the application is clean we can proceed with cautions, although it is really not recommended to download any application or new wallet coming from a new projects. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Lauren Smith on July 13, 2019, 12:23:53 PM I am also very suspicious of anything I need to download but not to the point of paranoia. If the project is about a app or the app is part of it then that is fine. Wallet is fine too. If it is their own wallet then they will not ask for any privatekey since that wallet is the wallet that you get the private key from. Just make sure it is the official wallet made by the devs. If you have to enter a private key for eth, for example, you can make a new wallet and use that, though they should not be asking such things and I would stay away just based on that.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: ridhobagus2308 on July 13, 2019, 12:45:46 PM i know that people will try to put virus on their apps, they try to make the most of it, even if its not the companies, bad employee also can put virus,trojan, or backdoor on their app without the companies knowing it. but if its on google play store that means its safe right? i don't really know how that work.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: airdropan on July 13, 2019, 12:55:37 PM Also downloading app without knowing well the developer team that too risk. They can steal our data on phone/mobile or pc
. i will skip for sure if there is bounty that asking to download the app unless the developer team trusted well Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Little Mouse on July 13, 2019, 01:00:05 PM Very true. I have read today as well about a fake wallet of bitcoin. Downloading a fake app can cause you losing all of your private information like password since this app can contain virus which may steal your data.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: limtjoehua on July 13, 2019, 01:00:40 PM I personally always keep a private key or seed phrase, google auty and a personal email into a different smartphone or device specifically, so I use other smartphones and PCs to work in a bounty. To this day this method is very effective in keeping my assets safer and I am not worried if there are bounty requirements to install their app.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Erickan on July 13, 2019, 01:07:54 PM I almost say no to bounty campaigns that require KYC and force to download the app. I will not because of a few bonuses that jeopardize my personal information, it is not worth it. So at this stage I almost rarely participate in bounty campaigns, I hardly find any outstanding ICO and show the possibility of success, perhaps the bounty campaign will gradually disappear with ICO movement.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: adzino on July 13, 2019, 01:12:09 PM i know that people will try to put virus on their apps, they try to make the most of it, even if its not the companies, bad employee also can put virus,trojan, or backdoor on their app without the companies knowing it. but if its on google play store that mean its safe right? i don't really know how that work. As far as I know, the apps are scanned and made sure they are safe by google before getting it uploaded to their server. But still, they may be able to bypass their security and still infect the application with any kind of virus.Companies will know if an employee tampers their application. After an application is developed, they go through various testing through different departments (like QA and stuffs - not an expert in this field) and one of them is bound to find out the trap. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: izanagi narukami on July 13, 2019, 01:14:23 PM This is another reason why we should more careful about join bounty.
Installing new application is forbidden except that you already trust their background or based on community feedback. When crypto getting well known, more hacker try to do their work so becareful guys ! Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: jazmuzika217 on July 13, 2019, 01:34:29 PM Thank you for reminders. I believe to your insight . All we know that we are all we in crypto world, all of our action here is processed by internet and technology so it is not impossible that there will be something wrong when bounty required to download some apps. We need to be carefull because we are not only investing money. We also invest time and effort.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: aioc on July 13, 2019, 04:48:26 PM Check the wallet or the application on Virustotal and also check their GitHub or ask developers to check the GitHub some application and wallets are clean to download, but also check the reputation of the developers, and always check the scam sections for complaints.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: hahay on July 13, 2019, 04:55:34 PM Agree and so far I'm only looking for safe steps where projects are managed by reputable managers or may have been recommended by trusted people in the forum. That way they at least tried it and checked it first so that in wallet application or whatever it proved to be safe, I made this step because I had experienced a bad thing that in the end I didn't want to repeat the same mistake for the umpteenth time.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Muhammad Muneeb on July 13, 2019, 05:03:48 PM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! i have restricted the permissions of these bounty app to my files and data. ios is more secure and less vulnerable than andriod. going to uninstall these app right know thanks for your reminder Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Drai on July 14, 2019, 04:13:45 PM People tend to forget this fact whenever bounty is involved, they just forget the fact that everything that glitters is not good and they download any app that is recommended to them, we should endavour to be more careful and discerning to avoid future loss of funds, thanks for the gentle reminder.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: jostorres on July 20, 2019, 03:23:46 AM I have also heard of instances like this, and it is the right thing you are doing by alerting people so that they can be careful, hackers will go to any length to just make sure that they steal fund from people’s account. The only application I can accept to use their download their wallet are projects that I fully trust, and trust me, before I can rely on any project, lots of research must have gone into it, and no matter how reliable they are, as soon as I get the token, I move it out of the wallet immediately and transfer it to any other reliable wallet.
It is one of the reason why I have a policy of participating in bounties that are built on Ethereum blockchain, it will be easy for me to immediately move it out of the wallet into myetherwallet, while I delete the application off my pc before they get the chance to hack it, that is if they get compromised. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: wywoc on July 20, 2019, 04:20:22 AM Personally i don't see the reason why anyone will participate in a campaign that requires you to download app because if every campaign is asking us to download app, how much of space do we have on our android to do all that, you better be wise, do not let anyone steal your information. Not all. Some projects still require downloading their app and filling in the registration id into the application form. I usually fill in the id, but at the end of the campaign I will download the app, because at that time I will have enough time to see the feedbacks about the app.Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Tylev on July 20, 2019, 04:32:49 AM Once my email address was hacked once and I lost my some tokens, the secret keys of which I kept, I no longer keep them on my device. Even when I create a wallet, I do not copy the secret key, but manually write it out and keep the records in paper form. True, you need to make sure that it is recorded correctly. To do this, manually enter it and check if this key matches the address of the wallet. Also do not use backup. Since then, I have no problems with hacking.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: iTradeChips on July 20, 2019, 07:36:09 AM I am always careful of these bounties with extra requirements to fulfill before releasing the bounty such as KYC and the download apps process. Unfortunately these companies and projects tend to announce these additional requirements always at the end of a campaign. So the losers are still going to be the bounty hunters since they were not informed about the said requirement that they need to fulfill. I would stay away from them as much as possible.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Delilonia1 on July 20, 2019, 07:51:02 AM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! Thanks so much for the headsup. You have actually given the best advice here that any device you will use for a crypto transactions that requires you downloading their app should not contain your personal data. Anything can be hacked these days. And one should have it at the back of his mind that the owners of these projects are not the ones hacking your account. Some malicious people are just enemies of progress, trying to frustrate another man's work by exploiting all the vulnerabilities of his ideas. Let's be guided. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: maxreish on July 20, 2019, 07:57:33 AM I appreciate the warning, buddy. At first, as I wasn't aware of those suspicious apps, I have downloaded the required wallet. Not too sure how that works but since the project itself did not succeeded, I've deleted it already. This is to remind bounty hunters and participants not to fall for this kind of apps. Our personal infos are being collectes when signing up to their app. Let's be vigilant and always think twice before you click.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: BitcoinPanther on July 22, 2019, 03:59:46 AM I totally agree with you. I am not saying that the campaigns who require this are just fake campaign who wanted to steal some tokens or BTC to all the participants. Better safe than sorry. We cannot easily detect malware especially when we are not that techy. So secure our private keys and passwords.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: coin-investor on July 22, 2019, 05:29:29 AM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! If you don't know how to detect virus from the application or cannot do proper research if the application is clean and virus free, it's better not to participate at all, it's not worth it, the token that you are participating do no have value at all so why risk your safety in exchange that has no value in the market, it's ok if they are paying in Bitcoin or any tradeable coins in the market. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: zhea on July 22, 2019, 11:08:11 AM Do you know someone who experienced such fate? It's a good reminder though and i hope that we could somehow know that the APP that we are going to install is safe. If we are bounty hunters, we are vulnerable to this kind of scamming as we always follow what the bounty team tell us to do. Maybe some can avoid this but also thousands will fall victim to this modus.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: AlaEhBTC on July 22, 2019, 11:24:49 AM We do not know also maybe their application has some kind of spyware or things which is used to spy on a computer to gather information about someone.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: sherenikaw on July 22, 2019, 11:47:38 AM Thanks for this information. So far, I never find yet this kind of bounty campaign. But, you are true enough. It seems to be strange if we should download a certain application when joining the bounty program. Commonly, we only need to make or download their wallet because they don't use the type of ERC20 and others. But in this case, we need to observe more about what kind of app to be downloaded and never believe it easily without any analyzing.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: rdluffy on July 22, 2019, 12:00:44 PM I never download any app of any kind of new coin, it's very risk
Malicious apps can stolen your data and hack your wallets, money, e-mails etc Only trust in apps with some time on the market and trusted by real people ou the one with open code (open source), at least you can check the code of the community will do for you Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Tomohisa on July 22, 2019, 12:24:05 PM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. Sometime, I wish mobile device like android have some kind of virtual machine software to act as a sandbox to contain or test any unverified/untrusted source just like in PC.If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! Save me a hassle to test it first in my android emulator (BlueStacks, Nox, MEmu,...). Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: juperos on July 22, 2019, 12:56:21 PM I don't think the projects that I join will cheat users. Before downloading, we also need to find out what kind of application it is. If it's a tool, I think bounty hunters won't need it because it's not related to payment and distribution of tokens.
Anyway, analyze and explore the project carefully before working for them to get certain safety. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: forexandcryptoauditor on July 22, 2019, 01:04:52 PM I always refrain myself to exclude the "download app" campaign. Recently there was news about asking private keys and API keys by that app which then stolen the hard earned crypto from the wallets.
In this everywhere scammer world, we have to be very careful for doing any action. Thanks for the advise. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Dpat on July 22, 2019, 01:15:33 PM We know that most of the bounty campaigns are fake. Only they want their intention to be fulfilled. With the bounty campaign offering they will drive you to sign up their website or certain app download or anything else. In this way they collect your personal data and finally manipulating this they will steal your token by hacking your ETH account. So, be careful guys.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: bering on July 22, 2019, 01:19:55 PM Used to there was plenty of altcoins which have wallet apps required if we want to store it for offline purpose and indeed some of them are quite safe because there was no malware available and some of untrust altcoins wallet have malware into the wallet and more careful indeed necessary to avoid being hacked and before download the particular wallet i think find some informations regarding it would be good
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: anggaem on July 22, 2019, 01:24:38 PM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. I have 2 phones and always use a used cell phone if download apk mandatory for join bounty im didn't worry again.If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! We all know and are always careful, but I thank you for reminding me and also giving tips to detect virus from APK. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: rosezionjohn on July 22, 2019, 01:37:33 PM I just read this guide by @Lafu and I think it should also be added in the OP
Guide and advice for new Users before you Download anything from the Forum ! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5167236.0) Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: proTECH77 on July 22, 2019, 01:59:09 PM I don't see anything wrong with bounties asking participants to download wallet app ,you want to participate in the bounty ? You have to download the bounty project wallet ,if you don't want mobile wallet then download the windows wallet The only thing that is wrong here is; seeing the bounties hunters downloading potentials fishing links or bait links which will be to the detriment of that Hunter. Project wallets that are legitimate are worthy to be downloaded by hunters and not that of the virus type or worm type. For bounty hunters, be wise to what you download on your desktop or phone because somebody ask you to do.Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Chicky213 on July 22, 2019, 10:06:04 PM I understand your sentiment but i don't see anything wrong with downloading app if it's one of the requirement of a bounty. Everyone should do a thorough research before participating in any bounty so i don't think any reasonable project will steal hunters data neither will they be affected by virus.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: hahahafr on July 22, 2019, 10:55:15 PM I really don't trust newly generated wallets of some ICO projects. When participating in their bounties i do download their wallets but never store my funds on them. The only cryptocurrency wallet i trust is blockchain app wallet. That's one of the oldest cryptocurrency wallet.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: 97percent on July 22, 2019, 11:16:07 PM The information is very useful and of course, it reminds me. Sometimes I follow a project and never care that the Wallet app is safe or not. With this information it certainly makes me be vigilant. What I experienced is that the Wallet app is sometimes very difficult to access.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: baeva2 on July 22, 2019, 11:18:03 PM I really do not like the projects in which it is necessary to pass KYC and download applications. That worries me a lot. I try not to participate in such projects suspecting them of fraud.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: zero714309 on July 22, 2019, 11:38:10 PM Good one. Youre opinion is right. Some of project required us to download their apps, but sometimes we not really care those apps. They required that rules for payment and also promote their application to other so they will got good rating. But at this case im always uninstall application after im get my payment.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Zicadis on July 23, 2019, 12:39:17 AM If they have been audited by the Apple app security team then it will likely be free of malicious code. However, Google Play have much less stringent controls, and numerous phisher and data-mining apps have found their way onto the marketplace.
Do not download .APK files either, if they can't even be approved to the Google Play Store then you know something is up. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: gurunanakji777 on July 23, 2019, 05:06:44 AM One should not download the apps blindly into their system or mobile. You must have a good antivirus in your computer or mobile that can warn you if find any vulnerability in the app but personally I avoid to participate in such bounties where wallet downloading is required. If you still want to download app always download the app from the official website to avoid hacking. Apart from this without having a knowledge of official app one should not try it.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Mianae on July 23, 2019, 06:02:33 AM Downloads are detrimental most times because some malware might be infused into the app. Not just app download gifs or docs on telegram is harmful because some virus might be contained that can have access to your device internal storage.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Bttzed03 on July 23, 2019, 11:50:00 AM I just read this guide by @Lafu and I think it should also be added in the OP Added to OP. Thanks!Guide and advice for new Users before you Download anything from the Forum ! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5167236.0) Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: sorrros on July 23, 2019, 11:53:22 AM Very useful thread, thank you!I am going to scan all my wallets, but do you have some good antivirus for mobile?
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Sab11 on July 23, 2019, 01:11:04 PM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. Thanks for the info it will help alot of bounty hunters, yeah its true there is alot of bounty needs to download there apps or wallet to get your reward to thier bounty and its ask for permissions to access contacts, camera, location etc and its not safe. Better to choose a good bounty to make your effort in doing task become worth it, think before you click.If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Prolifik on July 23, 2019, 01:19:49 PM It is a good move to make a bounty campaign on app download and review?
Because many bounty campaigns require to download app and make a positive review to get paid. With this way app is going to be more popular, but it is good? What could happen if app infected by a virus that will steal your private keys? And you were the promoter of the app? Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Babyrica0226 on July 23, 2019, 01:20:19 PM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! You're right, I found out that some of the bounty campaign now are implementing to use their apps wallet instead of ERC20, just like TAU, Vectorium which is now running in progress their campaign and under by IEO also. But in TAU I have a bad feelings with it because its a mining apps in the mobile. Do you think this one is safe? Thank you... Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: o.ogurlu on July 23, 2019, 01:44:10 PM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! Yeah, you're absolutely right. Unfortunately, some mobile applications may have security vulnerabilities. And this allows hackers to access many documents on our phone. Therefore, before downloading such applications we should be careful and should do a good research. Alyssa Hertig which a member of the editorial team at CoinDesk, writed the blog in 2017 about this topic. I believe that we can understand more clearly why we should be more careful thanks to the numerical figures given in that blog. https://www.coindesk.com/90-crypto-mobile-apps-trouble-security-report-claims (https://www.coindesk.com/90-crypto-mobile-apps-trouble-security-report-claims) Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: BitcoinTurk on July 23, 2019, 01:56:57 PM I recommend not to participate in such campaigns, because these are very high-risk campaigns. Anyone who uses Android software on their mobile devices and uses Windows software on their PCs should not perform this kind of operation because these two operating system software are very weak. Because of their weakness, they cannot detect dangerous software contained in such campaign files, and the user who downloaded them is damaged. I recommend not to use such earning methods just to make a few bucks. In the meantime, even non-malicious software requires access to all the permissions on our device, so there is no user security at all.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Iykecollinz on July 23, 2019, 03:21:31 PM I have participated in some in the past, mostly Airdrops but none was worth the data and time spent on it, from brd, speedcoin and usdx, none proved any worth. Have decided not to participate in any bounty or Airdrop that will require app download anymore
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: fvb on July 23, 2019, 04:15:21 PM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. This is a really serious topic. You must be careful with all these applications. I try not to do a bounty job where the conditions are to download the wallet. Now there are a lot of them. I write down the keys and save to the memory card. Good luck to all and be careful.If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: robelneo on July 23, 2019, 04:21:04 PM If you do not know how to check their application and don't have enough security on your computer I highly advise that you don't download that app, it's too risky you never what's going to happen, and you are not sure if the bounty is legit or not, for all you know it's another scam project.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: chriseasan on July 23, 2019, 04:35:14 PM Some scam projects were already caught on fishing apps, but it is nowadays pretty difficult to find out if an app is harmful for your data or not. Thanks for the articles, I will definitely read them to protect my phone from fraud apps.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Eadefemi on July 23, 2019, 04:48:03 PM Thanks for this tip. The strategy scammers come with these days is really baffling. I stumped on a bounty just that required not just downloading their wallet but the wallet asked for permission to my phone contacts and all. I don't know why that should be so. And funny enough, it's imposed on hunters to sown load such wallets to receive rewards. One really needs to be careful on bounty hunting activities.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: cepot9 on July 23, 2019, 05:17:20 PM This is good, I forgot about the security of the wallet application that must be installed on a smartphone or PC because all this time I have installed several project wallet applications and fortunately they are safe. maybe their wallet application is also important to help the project develop
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: emberbekas on July 23, 2019, 06:14:26 PM Thanks for this tip. The strategy scammers come with these days is really baffling. I stumped on a bounty just that required not just downloading their wallet but the wallet asked for permission to my phone contacts and all. I don't know why that should be so. And funny enough, it's imposed on hunters to sown load such wallets to receive rewards. One really needs to be careful on bounty hunting activities. In the past, usually I would be very selective when dealing with bounty that require us to download wallet applications made by the team, especially windows application. True, there are many ways that bad people do to benefit from the lack of awareness of others. So we have to be very cautious. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: pdutta on July 23, 2019, 06:19:44 PM Some of bounties required to download apps, that apps ask permissions such as contacts, camera, location and other permissions. I usually avoid to participate in such bounties that requires to download their app.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Stargazer on July 23, 2019, 06:41:57 PM Some of bounties required to download apps, that apps ask permissions such as contacts, camera, location and other permissions. I usually avoid to participate in such bounties that requires to download their app. Good decision to avoid those bounties but yet some good bounty like CyberMiles, Nestree asked to download their app too and these projects are very much good. CyberMiles is popular crypto and Nestree is a new project but this has potential! I do participate in these bounties because I feel they are real. So, the better decision is to use a hardware wallet and keep your private keys on paper wallet instead of mobile! otherwise, after registered in bounty, uninstall the app and delete cache files and download the app again when you reach at their paying time! Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: hell_slayer on July 23, 2019, 06:52:44 PM The security of the device from which you are accessing your crypto wallet must be prioritized. There is always a chance that with the app required for bounty you will install a trojan and hackers will steal everything from your device. It is better to use a virtual OS to install potentially malware apps , this will help to keep your funds safe
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: CryptoIyke on July 23, 2019, 07:10:00 PM I do no longer participate in any of such that requires download, majority of them are waste of time, space and resources. One of them that I had participated in the past known as speedcoin app, it occupied space on my phone for more than six months without any obvious user that I had to uninstal it
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Lizzylove1 on July 23, 2019, 07:20:42 PM Thanks so much for this information. I hate it when I am required to download app as a requirement for bounty participation or payment. How many Apps will I continue to download?
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: erikalui on July 23, 2019, 07:20:51 PM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! Sometimes these download requirements come in after the campaign is over like what happened with me during Persona campaign and HDAC too. They did not make it clear whether they will need a wallet and since I was already hacked due to downloading a phishing wallet and lost 0.05 BTC, I don't join campaigns that do not have ERC20 tokens. Some even say the tokens will be Ether based but they change it in the end making excuses. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: nutriagrigia on July 23, 2019, 08:06:04 PM I do no longer participate in any of such that requires download, majority of them are waste of time, space and resources. One of them that I had participated in the past known as speedcoin app, it occupied space on my phone for more than six months without any obvious user that I had to uninstal it the biggest problem is not that such applications occupied space on your phone, but that such applications can be dangerous for your dataTitle: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Ucy on July 24, 2019, 01:42:01 PM I guess people should have a special laptops/mobiles phone for using trusted wallets applications. If an application is not well reviewed by trusted people or communities, then don't mix it with your trusted applications.
The other alternatives is using it on virtual machine on thesame computer or the using it ib different account on your computer Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: laskybok on August 10, 2019, 09:57:03 PM Most of the times, I see malicious links sent to telegram groups and they have their ways in which they lure people with their enticing words.
Also, most projects that demand that apps should be downloaded, do not last long and do not end up well as thought, except for few ones, so why then should one download them. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: ub27 on August 10, 2019, 10:03:16 PM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! I see it as the recent trend now, all projects requesting us to download app and most at times I wonder how safe it may really be. I believe all bounty hunters needs to be vigilant and careful of apps we download. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Twinkledoe on August 10, 2019, 10:12:26 PM Most of the times, I see malicious links sent to telegram groups and they have their ways in which they lure people with their enticing words. Also, most projects that demand that apps should be downloaded, do not last long and do not end up well as thought, except for few ones, so why then should one download them. Most of the projects that demand their bounty hunters to download their apps have no confidence that they will hit in the market without the aid of those hunters. The hunters will download it, but are they going to use it actively? I seriously doubt that. They just download it for the sake of their bounty share, right? Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: mr_random on August 10, 2019, 11:58:46 PM I prefer to join the bounty campaigns that have no such silly requirements. Downloading third-party applications is not safe for crypto investors, the malware can clean the whole hardware, private keys less than a minute. Specific requirements should be tested and checked carefully before downloading anything.
Most of the times, I see malicious links sent to telegram groups and they have their ways in which they lure people with their enticing words. Also, most projects that demand that apps should be downloaded, do not last long and do not end up well as thought, except for few ones, so why then should one download them. Malicious links are hidden by the programming skills, every telegram should open carefully the sent links in order to protect the personal computer from the virus, spyware, trojan. App downloading and giving the public address of coins that have its blockchain is a good idea for increasing the downloaded statistics on play store and Apple store. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Mulann2 on August 11, 2019, 12:20:41 AM Personally i don't see the reason why anyone will participate in a campaign that requires you to download app because if every campaign is asking us to download app, how much of space do we have on our android to do all that, you better be wise, do not let anyone steal your information. What if that is the only way to receive your reward? The app in question happens to be the wallet where your reward will be sent, won't you find the need to download it? Ofcours one has to apply caution while installing this app if you intend to receive your reward, and this does not just apply to bounty related app alone, some other apps we install in our device can also pose as dangerous and can exploit our personal info as well, it goes both ways. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: ccsang on August 11, 2019, 01:08:17 AM There are many ways to avoid malware app, even if bounty hunter required download to receive their rewards, first thing is don't download that app on your daily main phone, recommend find a backup phone or vmware install android emulator, be careful everything to protect our crypto assets.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Burogh on August 11, 2019, 03:27:37 AM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! I agree that we must be careful when downloading wallet applications. Ensuring a safe application is the best choice because it protects the data we have. If we want to use a mobile wallet, it's better to use the version from the developer team Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Lexurdania on August 11, 2019, 03:53:02 AM There are many ways to avoid malware app, even if bounty hunter required download to receive their rewards, first thing is don't download that app on your daily main phone, recommend find a backup phone or vmware install android emulator, be careful everything to protect our crypto assets. I think many bounty campaigns are asking to download applications on a mobile phone but will not steal our personal data. Maybe I'm wrong but if it happens, then it's better not to join the project bounty campaign because in the end it will only become a scam. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: pishite on August 11, 2019, 04:32:31 AM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! Why not, if for example it is published in the play market, then they check the application for viruses with its own antivirus. Also in the system itself, you can change the permissions requested by the program itself. But it will not be superfluous to check applications on the github. In any case, here everyone decides whether he needs it or not. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Bttzed03 on August 11, 2019, 04:36:40 AM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! Why not, if for example it is published in the play market, then they check the application for viruses with its own antivirus. Also in the system itself, you can change the permissions requested by the program itself. But it will not be superfluous to check applications on the github. In any case, here everyone decides whether he needs it or not. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: pishite on August 11, 2019, 04:47:23 AM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! Why not, if for example it is published in the play market, then they check the application for viruses with its own antivirus. Also in the system itself, you can change the permissions requested by the program itself. But it will not be superfluous to check applications on the github. In any case, here everyone decides whether he needs it or not. You have everything correctly spoken in your posts, but unfortunately not every beginner will understand half of your text, since many people who are very poorly versed in computer grammar are interested in cryptocurrencies. For example, I saw a trader who had everything on the phone and he successfully traded, and when I asked if he was afraid he would lose everything, he replied that everything was stored in the cloud and in case of losing the phone he could always restore his applications. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: maydna on August 11, 2019, 05:36:47 AM I guess people should have a special laptops/mobiles phone for using trusted wallets applications. If an application is not well reviewed by trusted people or communities, then don't mix it with your trusted applications. The other alternatives is using it on virtual machine on thesame computer or the using it ib different account on your computer Yes, I think that could help us to prevent the untrusted application that we want to install on our phone. We can use the other phone to install and use that phone for trying to apps so we can know if the apps are safe or not. But the best thing that we can do is not downloading the apps because we don't want something worse will happen with us. The virtual machine can also a solution for us if we want to know more about the project, and that will not harm our computer if we install it into the machine. But still, be careful to download the apps because we never know what will happen later. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: fuer44 on August 11, 2019, 05:50:18 AM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! for some cases of the virus, indeed I have never experienced it. but by downloading the bounty app I was once exposed to a scam. at that time the project was a platform game based on the tournament with the project token reward. but in the end there was no continuation of the project (the project died). Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: shinratensei_ on August 11, 2019, 06:41:04 AM I think many bounty campaigns are asking to download applications on a mobile phone but will not steal our personal data. Maybe I'm wrong but if it happens, then it's better not to join the project bounty campaign because in the end it will only become a scam. Majority of the bounty campaigns are putting that as a rule to participate because you can get the address to receive your payment through the app and this time im participating in a campaign who give a mandatory for participants to download the wallet and so far I never got any problem and everything fine. Scammer will not try to put a lot of effort to create such a wallet to scam. But it doesn't mean if there was no. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: The Cryptologist on August 11, 2019, 07:08:46 AM I am lucky that I was fully aware and informed about this kind of hacking scheme. But then again, downloading an app just a for a few cents or dollars will not even attract gullible victims. And one of my countermeasure when someone is telling me to do that in bounty is to hear the response of the first people who have downloaded that app if in any case I find the bounty very attractive.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Rustamm on August 11, 2019, 07:58:47 AM This is true, it is better to avoid any downloads to your devices, especially if this is a new application of a little-known project. As a result of negligence, many lose their money. I recently checked my phone for viruses and found several viruses, so you need to remember that regular checking your phone for viruses is also necessary in order to protect yourself as much as possible.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Spaffin on August 11, 2019, 09:05:13 AM It seems to me that the requirements to download the application to a computer or laptop is more dangerous than on Android. On this occasion, I talked with one specialist who told me that there is so far no opportunity to undetectedly steal personal data from your smartphone using some kind of application that would pass verification through the Play Market. Although in any case, you should always be careful and check everything that you install on your device.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: TopTort777 on August 11, 2019, 10:20:41 AM It seems to me that the requirements to download the application to a computer or laptop is more dangerous than on Android. On this occasion, I talked with one specialist who told me that there is so far no opportunity to undetectedly steal personal data from your smartphone using some kind of application that would pass verification through the Play Market. Although in any case, you should always be careful and check everything that you install on your device. Why not have a second cheap laptop (may be even bought used) with clean windows, that will be used only for such bounty app installs? Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Jimitieu on August 12, 2019, 09:01:31 AM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. Thanks for your warning. Actually, now many ICO or IEO require bounty hunters to download their e-wallet to be able to pay token quickly and easily. and I only download the project's wallet if the project is really potential and their project is appreciated by experts.If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: guoyu78 on August 13, 2019, 03:26:17 PM I do not really like projects where they ask to download a mobile application because there may be a virus and then my cryptocurrencies will go to a scammer. Before downloading, you always need to check everything with antivirus and then decide whether to download it or not. That is basically why most of those projects are just after people to download. You see some projects making some very great offers and you wonder what they stand to gain, they stand nothing to gain at that moment, but they stand to gain a lot when the time comes for them to attack after the phishing software that is attached to the software has been activated, they will be able to control majority of the whole transaction. Sometimes we see that when we send some coins, it redirects to another address and many of scam activities, these are exactly the things that usually cause those unusual activities on or account. There are several cases where I have even see my mail having an attempt to be broken, it could be because of some of these applications installed on our phones or computer. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: fileo on August 13, 2019, 03:48:12 PM Thanks for a friendly advice. Today apps should be examine before downloading to prevent instant stealing of private key and password. It is devastating once loss your tokens. I'll experienced to loss my tokens before. Very disappointing to have nothing. Take care all
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: 42K on August 13, 2019, 04:41:33 PM Not all that glitters is gold. That's why its important to take your time and find out about the project you dealing with. Some may appear genuine but may turn out to be fake at the end. We shouldn't be moved by projects that offer unreasonable tokens and let's be mindful and careful of bounty campaigns with this 'download app' requirement. This may all be scammers doing.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: FaucetKING on August 13, 2019, 04:44:08 PM Yeah, there must be a disclamer on Bitcointalk to prevent/awake the members because we all know that there's alot of newbie members and traders that can be fooled easily and scammed. That might turn Bitcoin talk into a jungle full of scams. Peoples should have more attention when joining suspecious bounty programs. Safety comes first my dear bounty hunters.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: iyah adrian on August 13, 2019, 05:56:41 PM Careful indeed needs to download the application as a condition for participation or claim reward. Usually there are projects that utilize bounty hunters to download their applications. If it's safe isn't the real problem, what is feared is that if it (the application) carries a virus against the computer that is being used it will definitely be dangerous. Therefore if you are told to download the application, see the application first.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: ven7net on August 13, 2019, 06:05:09 PM You're right. it is really very important to protect your devices from potential threats. Personally, I use a separate device, an inexpensive tablet, to install various applications, and on it I install the applications that are required to participate in a particular bounty company. At the same time, I do not store important information on this tablet, thereby I secured my data.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: judeafante on October 08, 2019, 01:16:38 AM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! We should discourage them actually, when you are doing bounty you are asked to do that in exchange for points and tokens, it should be optional, CPA people are now using bounty campaign just to make money out of them, bounty hunters should first analyze and very discreet when downloading anything in their computer or cellphone, just for a token that has no value. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Twinkledoe on October 08, 2019, 01:27:48 AM You're right. it is really very important to protect your devices from potential threats. Personally, I use a separate device, an inexpensive tablet, to install various applications, and on it I install the applications that are required to participate in a particular bounty company. At the same time, I do not store important information on this tablet, thereby I secured my data. This is a good approach to prevent malicious malwares that might attack your phone. It is not worth the risk if you have other things at stake if you use your main phone for these bunch of apps that you don't even know if you will really utilize it or not. I bet most of them are just garbage piling up on your phone and only few of them have real usage in your day to day life. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: asus09 on October 08, 2019, 01:33:25 AM You can been careful with many bounty campaign using download wallet platform, so far I joined only with minexcoin have download wallet but after Minexcoin bounty campaign is ended, now I am only joined bounty campaign using erc20 wallet or using other platform wallet without have to download first.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: tsaroz on October 08, 2019, 01:38:19 AM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! Unlike windows, Android is a safer platform and they don't have full access to sensitive info and right to read over other apps. You can just read their permission and never give administrator privilege and display over other app permission to them. It's also wise not to store your wallet's backup without any encryption in your storage. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Onika84 on October 08, 2019, 01:44:58 AM I once followed an airdrop project where to receive tokens I had to download the application directly from their website, this made my mobile phone error. Now, I learn from this mistake. I download app from PlayStore only. It's better and secure.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: CoinThinker on October 08, 2019, 09:13:22 AM I once followed an airdrop project where to receive tokens I had to download the application directly from their website, this made my mobile phone error. Now, I learn from this mistake. I download app from PlayStore only. It's better and secure. Yes, these are censored applications and are safe for our phones. Never download applications through 3rd partiesTitle: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: lienfaye on October 08, 2019, 09:42:43 AM Thats right, we must be careful when joining in campaign requiring participants to download their app because there's a risk that might compromise our infos/funds.
I prefer to join in bounties with not much requirements to install in pc or phone. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: efxtrader on October 08, 2019, 10:36:30 AM I am not discouraging hunters to join bounty campaigns that requires you to download their app or wallet. This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that we should be careful since there have been some malicious apps used to collect personal information and steal funds from mobile/pc. There were also instances where hackers were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of some apps. If you still wish to continue and download their app, at least take some measures like not storing your private keys/seed phrase in your phone/pc to protect your funds. You can also read guides posted by some of the forum members here.
Have a safe bounty hunting! Agree, it is true that not all applications that we download are safe because many applications steal our personal data and even the files on our phone. We must always make sure what data can be shared through permissions in our phone settings Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Arsenyo on October 08, 2019, 12:28:13 PM Unfortunately, we have more and more such requirements. If I participate in such campaigns, I download those apps exactly on mobile phone. If it requires to install an app on computer, I just ignore this campaign. My computer is too important, so no! :D
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: cudora on October 09, 2019, 11:40:01 AM It is the easiest way to steal you information from the app campaign. Be advised and never download a strange apps, especially when you need to install a trust certificate (IOS). Such apps can send all your personal info to creators.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: seleme on October 09, 2019, 11:47:48 AM Unfortunately, we have more and more such requirements. If I participate in such campaigns, I download those apps exactly on mobile phone. If it requires to install an app on computer, I just ignore this campaign. My computer is too important, so no! :D For stealing the personal information the scammers found a new way, downloading the required application for phone can damage the main memory with malicious software which is able to steal the stored private keys. Extracting the private key from the crypto wallet apps is very easy for these mentioned applications, so I advise you to be very careful within such cases. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: TrevorS on October 09, 2019, 12:51:28 PM Unfortunately, we have more and more such requirements. If I participate in such campaigns, I download those apps exactly on mobile phone. If it requires to install an app on computer, I just ignore this campaign. My computer is too important, so no! :D For stealing the personal information the scammers found a new way, downloading the required application for phone can damage the main memory with malicious software which is able to steal the stored private keys. Extracting the private key from the crypto wallet apps is very easy for these mentioned applications, so I advise you to be very careful within such cases. Totally agree with you. It has already been proven that applications such as banking are capable of extracting any information from the device, and hacking a similar application can compromise the data on your device. In view, do not use mobile wallets that store private keys and seed phrases on the device itself. MEW Connect is a good example of an application that does not store anything on your device. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Bonwin on October 09, 2019, 01:15:53 PM It is better not to be involved in such bounty, than playing around it and getting caught in the process. That is, falling victim of what you have been warned of. There are several campaigns in the crypto space, most especially those with simple requirements. You can take part in such and you will not have any problem and neither will you be in doubt or be afraid of losing your fund in the process.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: alexforneus on October 09, 2019, 01:20:06 PM Too many tricky devs in our days, good advice
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: zeze18 on October 09, 2019, 01:38:16 PM You can been careful with many bounty campaign using download wallet platform, so far I joined only with minexcoin have download wallet but after Minexcoin bounty campaign is ended, now I am only joined bounty campaign using erc20 wallet or using other platform wallet without have to download first. what you got on minexcoin ? is the reward worth the effort of the task ? I've looking for a good project but almost all erc20 tokens are trash right now :( Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: meliodas on October 09, 2019, 04:23:27 PM First of all, they should always think about the first priority when it comes to online world and that is security. They should not prioritize the potential income when they are risking their security. It is best to avoid this kind of scam and just move on and find another opportunity rather than risking it all for just a few dollars.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: djselery on October 09, 2019, 07:03:23 PM I am generally avoiding any bounty program asking to download its app, even if it is easy to use. I am not comfortable with this requirement because they are forcing the hunters to download an app not necessarily useful for them, and that is a bad method of advertising.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: diazepam666 on October 09, 2019, 07:40:14 PM If you find any issue on the app you can directly report that on Google Play Store or app Store.
Mostly e apple team doesn't hello Trojan contained softwares in their app store but in Android you can find some malwares but if you see the reviews and rating you can come to conclusion whether it is useful or not. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: magneto on October 10, 2019, 02:24:10 AM Well said. I'd say that avoid any bounty campaigns that have anything else other than doing the task that you're supposed to be doing, whether that is the twitter campaign, signature campaign, or translations.
If they are looking to ask you to do anything on top of your duties, don't do it. This includes app downloads, asking for additional verification in terms of KYC (ironic, since the majority of the projects I see aren't even registered entities themselves), and providing your personal information in general. It's highly predatory and could lead to a loss on your end more than just your time, if their intents were malicious. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: MURONDI on October 10, 2019, 05:43:07 AM My data has also been stolen, maybe because I have participated in an unnatural campaign, since then I became even more careful when I joined the campaign, some campaigns require members to register on the site, my advice is don't ever register using your primary email and password.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: OasisDre on October 10, 2019, 06:28:51 AM Personally i don't see the reason why anyone will participate in a campaign that requires you to download app because if every campaign is asking us to download app, how much of space do we have on our android to do all that, you better be wise, do not let anyone steal your information. Your point doesn't make any sense sorry to say, few new projects that have their own separate blockchain like sero project, veil project etc will surely requires separate wallet, either pc or mobile it will be different from using ETH wallets like 99% of all new projects Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: ashmodeus on October 11, 2019, 06:13:17 PM "first", becareful to who created that campaign.
idk why people still download some app from airdrop or bounty with no responsible as long the manager have a "trust" from this forum , i guess that okay enough. then ,well , i have NOD antivirus on my android , and that helpfull , the system can detect some suspicious application that requests access to certain things. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: bassbity on October 12, 2019, 05:49:03 AM My data has also been stolen, maybe because I have participated in an unnatural campaign, since then I became even more careful when I joined the campaign, some campaigns require members to register on the site, my advice is don't ever register using your primary email and password. Many like that, including I have also felt, because there are many bounties who are scamer so they only look for participants to register on the site or application with the reason for distribution through it, but in fact my funds are lost in the exchange of assets starting from that also I have never again for the bounty on the list listed on the website. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: shoreno on October 12, 2019, 06:06:18 AM idk why people still download some app from airdrop or bounty with no responsible as long the manager have a "trust" from this forum , i guess that okay enough. then ,well , i have NOD antivirus on my android , and that helpfull , the system can detect some suspicious application that requests access to certain things. downloading app is required to some airdrop or bounty because that is part of thier task . the file could be a wallet in order for you to recieve your coins . other app are like social media platform where you need to sign up and link your email so that they can verify your work and pay you at the end of the campaign . installing antivirus is helpful , you can uninstall the app and decline from continuing if the antivirus detect something . Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Mike Mayor on October 13, 2019, 06:42:53 PM I learnt to be careful with the app store when I downloaded a wallet nd used the qr scanner and it replaced the copies address with the scammer's address. Luckily I reported it and it was soon taken down.
You should not be suspicious of everything though. Many projects are legit and having their own app is stepping up the game far beyond the usually ICO DIY packages on offer. I did an airdrop for a token called Rally token and was paid over $10 just for installing it. So be careful but don't go over the top. Use your own judgement as to which projects you will give a try. Especially if you are interested in the app and know what it does. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: nonbody on December 28, 2019, 12:05:00 PM Thank you for your suggestion. If the bounty campaign requires downloading some software, I will give up the bounty campaign for this project because I find it troublesome.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty/airdrop campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Bttzed03 on January 02, 2020, 07:18:28 AM I'm going to bump this thread to remind everyone again to be extra careful in downloading apps for both bounties and airdrops.
Another scam wallet was exposed recently but it came a bit late for some hunters who already downloaded the shitcoin wallet. Read these topics for more informations:
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty/airdrop campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Winscosinally on January 02, 2020, 04:35:45 PM You should try to avoid any erc20 token projects because they are mostly trash cans, if you can find a project running on a separate blockchain it might worth giving a try, still you have to do research
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty/airdrop campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: Genemind on January 03, 2020, 04:32:07 PM I have been victimized by these types of airdrops and bounties before and it was really frustrating because I didn't receive my payment and my personal information, as well as my private keys, were put into risk. I learned how to get rid of bounties and airdrops which are asking for too many tasks this time because we might only be putting our personal details at risk.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty/airdrop campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: zhekinsp on January 03, 2020, 04:51:11 PM I'm going to bump this thread to remind everyone again to be extra careful in downloading apps for both bounties and airdrops. Good information, can save lot of people from being a victim for these kind of traps.Another scam wallet was exposed recently but it came a bit late for some hunters who already downloaded the shitcoin wallet. Read these topics for more informations:
When a project wants us to install wallet to receive payments on mobile we have to check the permissions required for them,if its asking too much then possibly its scam and also can report them to google to remove them from playstore. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty/airdrop campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: socks435 on January 03, 2020, 04:55:28 PM Always keep your phone or PC away from any new project that you will need to install apps on your phone and PC.
Agree but it depends on what project if they are going to share them as an opensource well we can use that opensource to review if it has a security issue. That is why opensource is very important in any project. If you are going to install some apps PC or mobile better use a device that doesn't have important files. Or the best shot for me is install android OS to PC where you can use an Android OS and install any Android apps. Like Remix OS where you can test their wallet on that OS in your Desktop PC. You can also install it using sandbox or virtual box so that you are far to any vulnerability issues. Title: Re: Be careful of bounty/airdrop campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: sayaya17 on January 09, 2020, 01:59:33 PM I agree with you. As a bounty hunter, I am most lazy if there are bounties with the rules they must download wallet application before joining. Sometimes if the rules are like that, I will not join that the bounty project. Because for reasons like what the OP said, downloading applications that are prone to malware, viruses and phishing. So I really keep my pc safe from phishing.
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty/airdrop campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: kodtycoon on January 09, 2020, 02:44:49 PM the point is we have to remain cautious, but regarding issues or campaign programs such as requiring participants to install any application, at least i will not be interested and will immediately stop reading other requirements when i find such requirements and immediately to leave the campaign, i just don't want make mistakes just because of a few cents as a reward
Title: Re: Be careful of bounty/airdrop campaigns with "download app" requirement Post by: VDraci on January 10, 2020, 06:04:17 PM It's a good warning over all but its rare to come across fake apps from new projects, I've promoted of over three different projects that runs on different blockchain but i have no problem with their wallet apps, doing your own research first can easily safe you from such bad projects
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