Airdrops are collecting your Data... Stay Away!!!

[ankurguta87]

I did a lot of registration in the airdrops but there are no airdrops who asked me my password just two conditions must apply never give your private key of your wallet and never give your password

They don't ask your password directly, but sometimes when you have to register on their website, they check whether you use your login/password combination anywhere else (for example, on exchange)
Most people are lazy when it comes to creating passwords, so they use the same word combinations on different sites.

Exactly, This is what they want. This is how many users claims that their money is moved from a exchange account to an unknown address.

Most recommended thing for this case is: Activation of 2FA authentication

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[gabriela1999]

Join airdrop or get free coin. I always use sub accounts to participate. Do not use your main account to join. The risk of losing your account is very high

[margarita_free]

it seems to me, that before Bounty, you must going to KYC,
so, how ICO put your data? what they can do with it?

[masterkrypto]

Glad to be part of the crypto community, and thanks for creating this post.
Indeed airdrop (much like icos) most are definitely scams. For example I heard about BitcoinZ doing an airdrop on telegram and filled out a form through the telegram bot. Turns out it was a complete scammer and not from the official BitcoinZ.
However, I didn't have to enter any sensitive data such as passwords, private keys, etc. I imagine some airdrop scams could be worse..

[ankurguta87]

it seems to me, that before Bounty, you must going to KYC,
so, how ICO put your data? what they can do with it?

Kyc is done by ICOs as well as shit airdrops. They can misuse your data. So never give them too much information. If any ico or airdrop is asking for too much sensitive data better to stay away.
Identify only true ico and airdrop and after making sure as much you can , invest with them

[MarioSPGroup]

If an Airdrop requires more than your wallet address, you can be sure that its being used for marketing purposes.

[tnekramor]

That is why I joined only airdrops that are not asking lots of details like KYC.

[Corsicoin]

Right!
Airdrop collect so much informations...
I just realize it now and it's too late...

What can I do?

[Corsicoin]

And on the other hand, If you don't ask for KYC you also look like a scam.
So what's the right attitude ?
Don't know... If I had to run an Ico I would ask for KYC for sure!

[jukimay]

sometimes I think that too. but the more dangerous are those who want to join a aidrop by using kyc. this is so unfair, they got your kyc and you just got some.

[dothebeats]

A very cost-effective form of data mining, I should say. First of all, before joining any airdrops or ICO, you must first do some form of background check to the ones conducting the said airdrop. They might not be a well-known figure of the community but having some idea on who this dudes are is a plus, considering that you will be entrusting your private data in exchanges of a few pennies/dollars. Also, in light of the recent bans and regulations in ICOs, it's best to join or look for ICOs that are registered or have complied to the government's rules and regulations. Most importantly, ask for any ToS or any agreement between you and the people conducting this. Airdrops are not free money: they need your info to send you marketing ads and whatnot when the time comes and who knows what will they use the info to as well.

[Velkro]

yes, I think some of the group collect all info like that, but hard to avoid and protect info.

Its basic knowledge when product is free you are payment which is your data in this case.
So many services doing that including google and facebook and twitter.
You can protect yourself.

[wenxop]

Well, I've seen many airdrop created from scratch and ask for the basic data, with which in many could be used by these people to enter other projects using your identity to take advantage of them. It has happened to me that I want to enter some and they have already used my data and the truth is very disappointing and at the same time it is even dangerous. hey to be careful and a lot of caution where this information is given your data

[pealr12]

I did a lot of registration in the airdrops but there are no airdrops who asked me my password just two conditions must apply never give your private key of your wallet and never give your password

Some mistakenly entered thier private keys instead of eth address when they fill up a form to join the airdrop and before joining in airdrops make sure if they entered the correct details that was ask.

[fakchreel]

I think we have to carefull what airdrop we sign in, and never give our password.

[jseverson]

They will now ask you password directly. They will ask you to signup for and update profile on their website (I am talking about trustless token airdrops). You will signup with an email and password. They may also ask for mobile number for OTP.

Now with this email and password that you used with signup, they will try to login on different exchange. If anyone using same email password as his exchnage  email id and password, your fund will be in blackhole. 

I honestly never considered that these guys could be storing passwords in plaintext form. If this were the case, even if the exchange had the integrity to not mess with your data, they're a hack away from all of your accounts being compromised. Definitely use unique passwords on everything.

Another thing to consider is that the overwhelming majority of these are scams, so it's usually not worth it to give them sensitive data when they ask for it. Don't risk thousands for a few pennies.

[Corsicoin]

Most of the KYC requests are made from external companies.
So, no risk from any steal I guess. Am I right or just a dreamer ? 

[drumamat]

I also didn't like airdrops. Because they didn't pay enough tokens, but sell our informations to other companies. I never get profit from ardps.

[cateryy]

Thats true. Also they are collecting even your KYC. Be careful and dont add your personal data on SCAM websites.

[woagha]

I did a lot of registration in the airdrops but there are no airdrops who asked me my password just two conditions must apply never give your private key of your wallet and never give your password

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