A few days ago i fell for a ADA giveaway scam on youtube.
Casually at the end of my workday i relax watching youtube videos ( i dont have an account) so
i refresh , see what the 'algorithm' thinks i'd like to see and learn and have fan.
I was searcing for ADA lately so i clicked to see Mr. Hoskinson spaeking on a ''live'' event embedded
in an image linking to adaget site .
Believe me or not i tried to search the cardano explorer for the txs listed. But i was under the spell
to 'Hurry' . So enchanted i dropped the effort and fell while a part of me urged me to doublecheck the urgency , combined
with the youtube 'relaxed' mind state made my defenses vanish. Also lets dont forget the prevailing sentiments of greed
and fomo that are common to cryptousers.
And the funny is secs after i hit the send button i awoke , i understand.
I emailed for abuse where i thougth was appropriate.
Now imagine my surprise when i learnt that the youtube scam is a year old!
Wozniak and Ripple Labs have sued youtube july 2020.
That put me in thoughts.. if google and youtube over a year cant track those criminals what chances do i have?
And Hoskinson scam also are 8 months old.
So some questions for discussion:
- Do you think that youtube , cardano , ripple labs . or exchanges should put more permanent warnings to their sites , wallets etc?
- If a person can beyond reasonable doubt prove that from his address the crypto have sinked to an adress should a crypto network has the ability to freeze it?
- How is possible a scheme of such a large scale and long duration be untraceable to a tech giant? Are the difficulties of tech nature only?
- Is there a websurfing security product out there that managed to better warn youtubers?