#web3isgoinggreat — Public Fediverse posts

This might be the best video that @TechConnectify has ever done, and he's done some great ones. Take the time to watch this. It's worth a half-hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJpZjg8GuA

#Technology #Web3isGoingGreat #Enshittification #journalism

This might be the best video that @TechConnectify has ever done, and he's done some great ones. Take the time to watch this. It's worth a half-hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJpZjg8GuA

#Technology #Web3isGoingGreat #Enshittification #journalism

This might be the best video that @TechConnectify has ever done, and he's done some great ones. Take the time to watch this. It's worth a half-hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJpZjg8GuA

#Technology #Web3isGoingGreat #Enshittification #journalism

This might be the best video that @TechConnectify has ever done, and he's done some great ones. Take the time to watch this. It's worth a half-hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJpZjg8GuA

#Technology #Web3isGoingGreat #Enshittification #journalism

This might be the best video that @TechConnectify has ever done, and he's done some great ones. Take the time to watch this. It's worth a half-hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJpZjg8GuA

#Technology #Web3isGoingGreat #Enshittification #journalism

Now that #Web3 is thankfully not going so great, maybe it's time to reclaim the word for all the projects and individual endeavors that are working on bringing back the fun to the web, beyond the walled gardens of big tech.
#web3isgoinggreat

Now that #Web3 is thankfully not going so great, maybe it's time to reclaim the word for all the projects and individual endeavors that are working on bringing back the fun to the web, beyond the walled gardens of big tech.
#web3isgoinggreat

Now that #Web3 is thankfully not going so great, maybe it's time to reclaim the word for all the projects and individual endeavors that are working on bringing back the fun to the web, beyond the walled gardens of big tech.
#web3isgoinggreat

Now that #Web3 is thankfully not going so great, maybe it's time to reclaim the word for all the projects and individual endeavors that are working on bringing back the fun to the web, beyond the walled gardens of big tech.
#web3isgoinggreat

Now that #Web3 is thankfully not going so great, maybe it's time to reclaim the word for all the projects and individual endeavors that are working on bringing back the fun to the web, beyond the walled gardens of big tech.
#web3isgoinggreat

Looks like the original client ID is taken care of, but the phishers just cycle through clients -- still with the same display name, mind you:

19fdc124-ddf3-4c5f-bdaf-4d5a079b9c2b

Third Party: Support

#Coinbase, maybe you shouldn't be allowed to spin up OAuth apps without human approval in the loop. Or at least, disallow display names like "Third Party: Support".

The underlying infrastructure these scammers are using is still the same. Coinbase could make a point of automatically monitoring it and auto-banning any client ID they use.

Maybe I'll do that myself, just to prove a point.

#cryptocurrency #web3 #Web3isgoinggreat

Looks like the original client ID is taken care of, but the phishers just cycle through clients -- still with the same display name, mind you:

19fdc124-ddf3-4c5f-bdaf-4d5a079b9c2b

Third Party: Support

#Coinbase, maybe you shouldn't be allowed to spin up OAuth apps without human approval in the loop. Or at least, disallow display names like "Third Party: Support".

The underlying infrastructure these scammers are using is still the same. Coinbase could make a point of automatically monitoring it and auto-banning any client ID they use.

Maybe I'll do that myself, just to prove a point.

#cryptocurrency #web3 #Web3isgoinggreat

Looks like the original client ID is taken care of, but the phishers just cycle through clients -- still with the same display name, mind you:

19fdc124-ddf3-4c5f-bdaf-4d5a079b9c2b

Third Party: Support

#Coinbase, maybe you shouldn't be allowed to spin up OAuth apps without human approval in the loop. Or at least, disallow display names like "Third Party: Support".

The underlying infrastructure these scammers are using is still the same. Coinbase could make a point of automatically monitoring it and auto-banning any client ID they use.

Maybe I'll do that myself, just to prove a point.

#cryptocurrency #web3 #Web3isgoinggreat

Looks like the original client ID is taken care of, but the phishers just cycle through clients -- still with the same display name, mind you:

19fdc124-ddf3-4c5f-bdaf-4d5a079b9c2b

Third Party: Support

#Coinbase, maybe you shouldn't be allowed to spin up OAuth apps without human approval in the loop. Or at least, disallow display names like "Third Party: Support".

The underlying infrastructure these scammers are using is still the same. Coinbase could make a point of automatically monitoring it and auto-banning any client ID they use.

Maybe I'll do that myself, just to prove a point.

#cryptocurrency #web3 #Web3isgoinggreat

Looks like the original client ID is taken care of, but the phishers just cycle through clients -- still with the same display name, mind you:

19fdc124-ddf3-4c5f-bdaf-4d5a079b9c2b

Third Party: Support

#Coinbase, maybe you shouldn't be allowed to spin up OAuth apps without human approval in the loop. Or at least, disallow display names like "Third Party: Support".

The underlying infrastructure these scammers are using is still the same. Coinbase could make a point of automatically monitoring it and auto-banning any client ID they use.

Maybe I'll do that myself, just to prove a point.

#cryptocurrency #web3 #Web3isgoinggreat

Whelp, six hours later and the OAuth client is still active :( Odds are good that, at this point, most of the victims have been successfully phished. You really need fast response times to get ahead of these campaigns. #web3isgoinggreat

#coinbase #cryptocurrency #phishing #web3

Whelp, six hours later and the OAuth client is still active :( Odds are good that, at this point, most of the victims have been successfully phished. You really need fast response times to get ahead of these campaigns. #web3isgoinggreat

#coinbase #cryptocurrency #phishing #web3

Whelp, six hours later and the OAuth client is still active :( Odds are good that, at this point, most of the victims have been successfully phished. You really need fast response times to get ahead of these campaigns. #web3isgoinggreat

#coinbase #cryptocurrency #phishing #web3

Whelp, six hours later and the OAuth client is still active :( Odds are good that, at this point, most of the victims have been successfully phished. You really need fast response times to get ahead of these campaigns. #web3isgoinggreat

#coinbase #cryptocurrency #phishing #web3

Whelp, six hours later and the OAuth client is still active :( Odds are good that, at this point, most of the victims have been successfully phished. You really need fast response times to get ahead of these campaigns. #web3isgoinggreat

#coinbase #cryptocurrency #phishing #web3

Chat told me to email [email protected] with the full phishing email. Sent them an .eml file along with a link to this thread.

There. I did my good deed for the day. I despise what #cryptocurrency has become, but I also despise scammers that seek to steal from those they can fool.

#coinbase #web3 #web3isgoinggreat

Chat told me to email [email protected] with the full phishing email. Sent them an .eml file along with a link to this thread.

There. I did my good deed for the day. I despise what #cryptocurrency has become, but I also despise scammers that seek to steal from those they can fool.

#coinbase #web3 #web3isgoinggreat

Chat told me to email [email protected] with the full phishing email. Sent them an .eml file along with a link to this thread.

There. I did my good deed for the day. I despise what #cryptocurrency has become, but I also despise scammers that seek to steal from those they can fool.

#coinbase #web3 #web3isgoinggreat

Chat told me to email [email protected] with the full phishing email. Sent them an .eml file along with a link to this thread.

There. I did my good deed for the day. I despise what #cryptocurrency has become, but I also despise scammers that seek to steal from those they can fool.

#coinbase #web3 #web3isgoinggreat

Chat told me to email [email protected] with the full phishing email. Sent them an .eml file along with a link to this thread.

There. I did my good deed for the day. I despise what #cryptocurrency has become, but I also despise scammers that seek to steal from those they can fool.

#coinbase #web3 #web3isgoinggreat

What's this? A phishing email that doesn't get any spelling or grammar wrong? Impressive.

The URL included in the email has a redirect to:

https://newkste66f02.s3.amazonaws.com/44b5cfb3.html

Which just has this in the HTML:

```
window.location.assign("https://jademountains.net/s2");
```

Which redirs with an appended slash:

https://jademountains.net/s2/

Which redirs to

https://coinbase-v3teamapp.com/signin/consent_challenge=ca1ccf26-a61b-4133-952d-aba54aa249a9

Which isn't a legit coinbase domain -- URL registered today. Which resolves to a blank page with a single javascript payload:

https://coinbase-v3teamapp.com//static/js/main.401607d2.js

Which appears to be a React app, which then ultimately triggers a load of this URL, which includes a list of desired OAuth scopes:

https://login.coinbase.com/oauth2/auth?response_type=code&client_id=${e.data.data.clientId}&redirect_uri=${e.data.data.redirectURI}&account=all&scope=wallet:accounts:read,wallet:accounts:update,wallet:accounts:create,wallet:accounts:delete,wallet:addresses:read,wallet:addresses:create,wallet:buys:read,wallet:buys:create,wallet:deposits:read,wallet:deposits:create,wallet:notifications:read,wallet:payment-methods:read,wallet:payment-methods:delete,wallet:payment-methods:limits,wallet:sells:read,wallet:sells:create,wallet:transactions:read,wallet:transactions:send,wallet:transactions:request,wallet:transactions:transfer,wallet:user:read,wallet:user:update,wallet:user:email,wallet:withdrawals:read,wallet:withdrawals:create,offline_access

Which, cleaned up, is this:

wallet:accounts:read
wallet:accounts:update
wallet:accounts:create
wallet:accounts:delete
wallet:addresses:read
wallet:addresses:create
wallet:buys:read
wallet:buys:create
wallet:deposits:read
wallet:deposits:create
wallet:notifications:read
wallet:payment-methods:read
wallet:payment-methods:delete
wallet:payment-methods:limits
wallet:sells:read
wallet:sells:create
wallet:transactions:read
wallet:transactions:send
wallet:transactions:request
wallet:transactions:transfer
wallet:user:read
wallet:user:update
wallet:user:email
wallet:withdrawals:read
wallet:withdrawals:create
offline_access

Which is, I'd assume, basically everything, including the ability to withdraw:

wallet:withdrawals:read
wallet:withdrawals:create

Before ultimately ending up at what appears to be a coinbase-owned domain:

https://login.coinbase.com/signin?client_id=c300bb46-07f8-4257-9760-a892c704a8b6&oauth_challenge=5f5f78d5-7e10-4d4e-8ba4-11dc2e27af28

```
$ dig -t A coinbase.com +short
104.18.35.15
172.64.152.241
$ dig -t A login.coinbase.com +short
172.64.152.241
104.18.35.15
```

The OAuth bits of the URL tell me that this must be a third-party Coinbase app. Can't find an easy way to map that client ID of

c300bb46-07f8-4257-9760-a892c704a8b6

back to an app page though to report it.

What the hell. I'll bite. I don't have anything in Coinbase anymore. Let's see if I can't get the actual app and report it.

Logging in... SMS 2-factor, Email 3rd factor.

Aaaaaand BINGO. The third-party app is named

"Third Party: Support"

However, searching for that in Coinbase's app search yields... nothing. Great job, Coinbase.

Okay, how do I go about reporting this to them? Looks like there's a chat option. Fine. Gonna use this post as my description of what's going on.

#coinbase #phishing #web3 #web3isgoinggreat #cryptocurrency

What's this? A phishing email that doesn't get any spelling or grammar wrong? Impressive.

The URL included in the email has a redirect to:

https://newkste66f02.s3.amazonaws.com/44b5cfb3.html

Which just has this in the HTML:

```
window.location.assign("https://jademountains.net/s2");
```

Which redirs with an appended slash:

https://jademountains.net/s2/

Which redirs to

https://coinbase-v3teamapp.com/signin/consent_challenge=ca1ccf26-a61b-4133-952d-aba54aa249a9

Which isn't a legit coinbase domain -- URL registered today. Which resolves to a blank page with a single javascript payload:

https://coinbase-v3teamapp.com//static/js/main.401607d2.js

Which appears to be a React app, which then ultimately triggers a load of this URL, which includes a list of desired OAuth scopes:

https://login.coinbase.com/oauth2/auth?response_type=code&client_id=${e.data.data.clientId}&redirect_uri=${e.data.data.redirectURI}&account=all&scope=wallet:accounts:read,wallet:accounts:update,wallet:accounts:create,wallet:accounts:delete,wallet:addresses:read,wallet:addresses:create,wallet:buys:read,wallet:buys:create,wallet:deposits:read,wallet:deposits:create,wallet:notifications:read,wallet:payment-methods:read,wallet:payment-methods:delete,wallet:payment-methods:limits,wallet:sells:read,wallet:sells:create,wallet:transactions:read,wallet:transactions:send,wallet:transactions:request,wallet:transactions:transfer,wallet:user:read,wallet:user:update,wallet:user:email,wallet:withdrawals:read,wallet:withdrawals:create,offline_access

Which, cleaned up, is this:

wallet:accounts:read
wallet:accounts:update
wallet:accounts:create
wallet:accounts:delete
wallet:addresses:read
wallet:addresses:create
wallet:buys:read
wallet:buys:create
wallet:deposits:read
wallet:deposits:create
wallet:notifications:read
wallet:payment-methods:read
wallet:payment-methods:delete
wallet:payment-methods:limits
wallet:sells:read
wallet:sells:create
wallet:transactions:read
wallet:transactions:send
wallet:transactions:request
wallet:transactions:transfer
wallet:user:read
wallet:user:update
wallet:user:email
wallet:withdrawals:read
wallet:withdrawals:create
offline_access

Which is, I'd assume, basically everything, including the ability to withdraw:

wallet:withdrawals:read
wallet:withdrawals:create

Before ultimately ending up at what appears to be a coinbase-owned domain:

https://login.coinbase.com/signin?client_id=c300bb46-07f8-4257-9760-a892c704a8b6&oauth_challenge=5f5f78d5-7e10-4d4e-8ba4-11dc2e27af28

```
$ dig -t A coinbase.com +short
104.18.35.15
172.64.152.241
$ dig -t A login.coinbase.com +short
172.64.152.241
104.18.35.15
```

The OAuth bits of the URL tell me that this must be a third-party Coinbase app. Can't find an easy way to map that client ID of

c300bb46-07f8-4257-9760-a892c704a8b6

back to an app page though to report it.

What the hell. I'll bite. I don't have anything in Coinbase anymore. Let's see if I can't get the actual app and report it.

Logging in... SMS 2-factor, Email 3rd factor.

Aaaaaand BINGO. The third-party app is named

"Third Party: Support"

However, searching for that in Coinbase's app search yields... nothing. Great job, Coinbase.

Okay, how do I go about reporting this to them? Looks like there's a chat option. Fine. Gonna use this post as my description of what's going on.

#coinbase #phishing #web3 #web3isgoinggreat #cryptocurrency

What's this? A phishing email that doesn't get any spelling or grammar wrong? Impressive.

The URL included in the email has a redirect to:

https://newkste66f02.s3.amazonaws.com/44b5cfb3.html

Which just has this in the HTML:

```
window.location.assign("https://jademountains.net/s2");
```

Which redirs with an appended slash:

https://jademountains.net/s2/

Which redirs to

https://coinbase-v3teamapp.com/signin/consent_challenge=ca1ccf26-a61b-4133-952d-aba54aa249a9

Which isn't a legit coinbase domain -- URL registered today. Which resolves to a blank page with a single javascript payload:

https://coinbase-v3teamapp.com//static/js/main.401607d2.js

Which appears to be a React app, which then ultimately triggers a load of this URL, which includes a list of desired OAuth scopes:

https://login.coinbase.com/oauth2/auth?response_type=code&client_id=${e.data.data.clientId}&redirect_uri=${e.data.data.redirectURI}&account=all&scope=wallet:accounts:read,wallet:accounts:update,wallet:accounts:create,wallet:accounts:delete,wallet:addresses:read,wallet:addresses:create,wallet:buys:read,wallet:buys:create,wallet:deposits:read,wallet:deposits:create,wallet:notifications:read,wallet:payment-methods:read,wallet:payment-methods:delete,wallet:payment-methods:limits,wallet:sells:read,wallet:sells:create,wallet:transactions:read,wallet:transactions:send,wallet:transactions:request,wallet:transactions:transfer,wallet:user:read,wallet:user:update,wallet:user:email,wallet:withdrawals:read,wallet:withdrawals:create,offline_access

Which, cleaned up, is this:

wallet:accounts:read
wallet:accounts:update
wallet:accounts:create
wallet:accounts:delete
wallet:addresses:read
wallet:addresses:create
wallet:buys:read
wallet:buys:create
wallet:deposits:read
wallet:deposits:create
wallet:notifications:read
wallet:payment-methods:read
wallet:payment-methods:delete
wallet:payment-methods:limits
wallet:sells:read
wallet:sells:create
wallet:transactions:read
wallet:transactions:send
wallet:transactions:request
wallet:transactions:transfer
wallet:user:read
wallet:user:update
wallet:user:email
wallet:withdrawals:read
wallet:withdrawals:create
offline_access

Which is, I'd assume, basically everything, including the ability to withdraw:

wallet:withdrawals:read
wallet:withdrawals:create

Before ultimately ending up at what appears to be a coinbase-owned domain:

https://login.coinbase.com/signin?client_id=c300bb46-07f8-4257-9760-a892c704a8b6&oauth_challenge=5f5f78d5-7e10-4d4e-8ba4-11dc2e27af28

```
$ dig -t A coinbase.com +short
104.18.35.15
172.64.152.241
$ dig -t A login.coinbase.com +short
172.64.152.241
104.18.35.15
```

The OAuth bits of the URL tell me that this must be a third-party Coinbase app. Can't find an easy way to map that client ID of

c300bb46-07f8-4257-9760-a892c704a8b6

back to an app page though to report it.

What the hell. I'll bite. I don't have anything in Coinbase anymore. Let's see if I can't get the actual app and report it.

Logging in... SMS 2-factor, Email 3rd factor.

Aaaaaand BINGO. The third-party app is named

"Third Party: Support"

However, searching for that in Coinbase's app search yields... nothing. Great job, Coinbase.

Okay, how do I go about reporting this to them? Looks like there's a chat option. Fine. Gonna use this post as my description of what's going on.

#coinbase #phishing #web3 #web3isgoinggreat #cryptocurrency

What's this? A phishing email that doesn't get any spelling or grammar wrong? Impressive.

The URL included in the email has a redirect to:

https://newkste66f02.s3.amazonaws.com/44b5cfb3.html

Which just has this in the HTML:

```
window.location.assign("https://jademountains.net/s2");
```

Which redirs with an appended slash:

https://jademountains.net/s2/

Which redirs to

https://coinbase-v3teamapp.com/signin/consent_challenge=ca1ccf26-a61b-4133-952d-aba54aa249a9

Which isn't a legit coinbase domain -- URL registered today. Which resolves to a blank page with a single javascript payload:

https://coinbase-v3teamapp.com//static/js/main.401607d2.js

Which appears to be a React app, which then ultimately triggers a load of this URL, which includes a list of desired OAuth scopes:

https://login.coinbase.com/oauth2/auth?response_type=code&client_id=${e.data.data.clientId}&redirect_uri=${e.data.data.redirectURI}&account=all&scope=wallet:accounts:read,wallet:accounts:update,wallet:accounts:create,wallet:accounts:delete,wallet:addresses:read,wallet:addresses:create,wallet:buys:read,wallet:buys:create,wallet:deposits:read,wallet:deposits:create,wallet:notifications:read,wallet:payment-methods:read,wallet:payment-methods:delete,wallet:payment-methods:limits,wallet:sells:read,wallet:sells:create,wallet:transactions:read,wallet:transactions:send,wallet:transactions:request,wallet:transactions:transfer,wallet:user:read,wallet:user:update,wallet:user:email,wallet:withdrawals:read,wallet:withdrawals:create,offline_access

Which, cleaned up, is this:

wallet:accounts:read
wallet:accounts:update
wallet:accounts:create
wallet:accounts:delete
wallet:addresses:read
wallet:addresses:create
wallet:buys:read
wallet:buys:create
wallet:deposits:read
wallet:deposits:create
wallet:notifications:read
wallet:payment-methods:read
wallet:payment-methods:delete
wallet:payment-methods:limits
wallet:sells:read
wallet:sells:create
wallet:transactions:read
wallet:transactions:send
wallet:transactions:request
wallet:transactions:transfer
wallet:user:read
wallet:user:update
wallet:user:email
wallet:withdrawals:read
wallet:withdrawals:create
offline_access

Which is, I'd assume, basically everything, including the ability to withdraw:

wallet:withdrawals:read
wallet:withdrawals:create

Before ultimately ending up at what appears to be a coinbase-owned domain:

https://login.coinbase.com/signin?client_id=c300bb46-07f8-4257-9760-a892c704a8b6&oauth_challenge=5f5f78d5-7e10-4d4e-8ba4-11dc2e27af28

```
$ dig -t A coinbase.com +short
104.18.35.15
172.64.152.241
$ dig -t A login.coinbase.com +short
172.64.152.241
104.18.35.15
```

The OAuth bits of the URL tell me that this must be a third-party Coinbase app. Can't find an easy way to map that client ID of

c300bb46-07f8-4257-9760-a892c704a8b6

back to an app page though to report it.

What the hell. I'll bite. I don't have anything in Coinbase anymore. Let's see if I can't get the actual app and report it.

Logging in... SMS 2-factor, Email 3rd factor.

Aaaaaand BINGO. The third-party app is named

"Third Party: Support"

However, searching for that in Coinbase's app search yields... nothing. Great job, Coinbase.

Okay, how do I go about reporting this to them? Looks like there's a chat option. Fine. Gonna use this post as my description of what's going on.

#coinbase #phishing #web3 #web3isgoinggreat #cryptocurrency

What's this? A phishing email that doesn't get any spelling or grammar wrong? Impressive.

The URL included in the email has a redirect to:

https://newkste66f02.s3.amazonaws.com/44b5cfb3.html

Which just has this in the HTML:

```
window.location.assign("https://jademountains.net/s2");
```

Which redirs with an appended slash:

https://jademountains.net/s2/

Which redirs to

https://coinbase-v3teamapp.com/signin/consent_challenge=ca1ccf26-a61b-4133-952d-aba54aa249a9

Which isn't a legit coinbase domain -- URL registered today. Which resolves to a blank page with a single javascript payload:

https://coinbase-v3teamapp.com//static/js/main.401607d2.js

Which appears to be a React app, which then ultimately triggers a load of this URL, which includes a list of desired OAuth scopes:

https://login.coinbase.com/oauth2/auth?response_type=code&client_id=${e.data.data.clientId}&redirect_uri=${e.data.data.redirectURI}&account=all&scope=wallet:accounts:read,wallet:accounts:update,wallet:accounts:create,wallet:accounts:delete,wallet:addresses:read,wallet:addresses:create,wallet:buys:read,wallet:buys:create,wallet:deposits:read,wallet:deposits:create,wallet:notifications:read,wallet:payment-methods:read,wallet:payment-methods:delete,wallet:payment-methods:limits,wallet:sells:read,wallet:sells:create,wallet:transactions:read,wallet:transactions:send,wallet:transactions:request,wallet:transactions:transfer,wallet:user:read,wallet:user:update,wallet:user:email,wallet:withdrawals:read,wallet:withdrawals:create,offline_access

Which, cleaned up, is this:

wallet:accounts:read
wallet:accounts:update
wallet:accounts:create
wallet:accounts:delete
wallet:addresses:read
wallet:addresses:create
wallet:buys:read
wallet:buys:create
wallet:deposits:read
wallet:deposits:create
wallet:notifications:read
wallet:payment-methods:read
wallet:payment-methods:delete
wallet:payment-methods:limits
wallet:sells:read
wallet:sells:create
wallet:transactions:read
wallet:transactions:send
wallet:transactions:request
wallet:transactions:transfer
wallet:user:read
wallet:user:update
wallet:user:email
wallet:withdrawals:read
wallet:withdrawals:create
offline_access

Which is, I'd assume, basically everything, including the ability to withdraw:

wallet:withdrawals:read
wallet:withdrawals:create

Before ultimately ending up at what appears to be a coinbase-owned domain:

https://login.coinbase.com/signin?client_id=c300bb46-07f8-4257-9760-a892c704a8b6&oauth_challenge=5f5f78d5-7e10-4d4e-8ba4-11dc2e27af28

```
$ dig -t A coinbase.com +short
104.18.35.15
172.64.152.241
$ dig -t A login.coinbase.com +short
172.64.152.241
104.18.35.15
```

The OAuth bits of the URL tell me that this must be a third-party Coinbase app. Can't find an easy way to map that client ID of

c300bb46-07f8-4257-9760-a892c704a8b6

back to an app page though to report it.

What the hell. I'll bite. I don't have anything in Coinbase anymore. Let's see if I can't get the actual app and report it.

Logging in... SMS 2-factor, Email 3rd factor.

Aaaaaand BINGO. The third-party app is named

"Third Party: Support"

However, searching for that in Coinbase's app search yields... nothing. Great job, Coinbase.

Okay, how do I go about reporting this to them? Looks like there's a chat option. Fine. Gonna use this post as my description of what's going on.

#coinbase #phishing #web3 #web3isgoinggreat #cryptocurrency

Just found this fascinating article over at the always wonderful Smart Bitches Trashy Books about a really interesting deep dive into AI narrators and library books:

smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/10/ai-audiobook-narrators-in-overdrive-and-the-issue-of-library-ai-circulation-policy/

Thanks to divergentrays.com/blog/posts/2024-10-27-Weekly-Wrap-Up-30 for the link!

I can't say I'm surprised, but I think it's always helpful to see the way these things work behind the scenes and to know what to look for. I read a lot of genre fiction myself, and have been digging through the self published books for years now. A good number of them do have that smell of "for the algorithm" about them, and are always found at the bottom of the stacks, or in the free sections. Before LLMs, I believe most of these were being written by content mills for the express purpose of making money and getting clicks, so it's only logical that they would move on to AI generation instead. But with content mills, at least a real person was getting paid at some point in the process, right?

#web3isgoinggreat #AI #AIart #LLM #noAIcontent #selfpublishing #books #amazon

Just found this fascinating article over at the always wonderful Smart Bitches Trashy Books about a really interesting deep dive into AI narrators and library books:

smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/10/ai-audiobook-narrators-in-overdrive-and-the-issue-of-library-ai-circulation-policy/

Thanks to divergentrays.com/blog/posts/2024-10-27-Weekly-Wrap-Up-30 for the link!

I can't say I'm surprised, but I think it's always helpful to see the way these things work behind the scenes and to know what to look for. I read a lot of genre fiction myself, and have been digging through the self published books for years now. A good number of them do have that smell of "for the algorithm" about them, and are always found at the bottom of the stacks, or in the free sections. Before LLMs, I believe most of these were being written by content mills for the express purpose of making money and getting clicks, so it's only logical that they would move on to AI generation instead. But with content mills, at least a real person was getting paid at some point in the process, right?

#web3isgoinggreat #AI #AIart #LLM #noAIcontent #selfpublishing #books #amazon

Just found this fascinating article over at the always wonderful Smart Bitches Trashy Books about a really interesting deep dive into AI narrators and library books:

smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/10/ai-audiobook-narrators-in-overdrive-and-the-issue-of-library-ai-circulation-policy/

Thanks to divergentrays.com/blog/posts/2024-10-27-Weekly-Wrap-Up-30 for the link!

I can't say I'm surprised, but I think it's always helpful to see the way these things work behind the scenes and to know what to look for. I read a lot of genre fiction myself, and have been digging through the self published books for years now. A good number of them do have that smell of "for the algorithm" about them, and are always found at the bottom of the stacks, or in the free sections. Before LLMs, I believe most of these were being written by content mills for the express purpose of making money and getting clicks, so it's only logical that they would move on to AI generation instead. But with content mills, at least a real person was getting paid at some point in the process, right?

#web3isgoinggreat #AI #AIart #LLM #noAIcontent #selfpublishing #books #amazon

Just found this fascinating article over at the always wonderful Smart Bitches Trashy Books about a really interesting deep dive into AI narrators and library books:

smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/10/ai-audiobook-narrators-in-overdrive-and-the-issue-of-library-ai-circulation-policy/

Thanks to divergentrays.com/blog/posts/2024-10-27-Weekly-Wrap-Up-30 for the link!

I can't say I'm surprised, but I think it's always helpful to see the way these things work behind the scenes and to know what to look for. I read a lot of genre fiction myself, and have been digging through the self published books for years now. A good number of them do have that smell of "for the algorithm" about them, and are always found at the bottom of the stacks, or in the free sections. Before LLMs, I believe most of these were being written by content mills for the express purpose of making money and getting clicks, so it's only logical that they would move on to AI generation instead. But with content mills, at least a real person was getting paid at some point in the process, right?

#web3isgoinggreat #AI #AIart #LLM #noAIcontent #selfpublishing #books #amazon

Just found this fascinating article over at the always wonderful Smart Bitches Trashy Books about a really interesting deep dive into AI narrators and library books:

smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/10/ai-audiobook-narrators-in-overdrive-and-the-issue-of-library-ai-circulation-policy/

Thanks to divergentrays.com/blog/posts/2024-10-27-Weekly-Wrap-Up-30 for the link!

I can't say I'm surprised, but I think it's always helpful to see the way these things work behind the scenes and to know what to look for. I read a lot of genre fiction myself, and have been digging through the self published books for years now. A good number of them do have that smell of "for the algorithm" about them, and are always found at the bottom of the stacks, or in the free sections. Before LLMs, I believe most of these were being written by content mills for the express purpose of making money and getting clicks, so it's only logical that they would move on to AI generation instead. But with content mills, at least a real person was getting paid at some point in the process, right?

#web3isgoinggreat #AI #AIart #LLM #noAIcontent #selfpublishing #books #amazon

Please, spread the news to everyone you know that uses bluesky.

Bluesky has added Blockchain Capital, who gave them 15 million dollars, as a board member, meaning theyre selling seats on the board for money.

They may say they dont want anything to do with web3, but adding a web3 representative to the board of directors says otherwise.

They also announced subscriptions for things like avatar frames or profile colors, something similar to what Discord does with Nitro.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a
https://www.blockchaincapital.com/blog/bluesky-13m-users-and-growing-our-investment-in-blueskys-re-imagined-social-network

#bluesky #twittermigration #web3isgoinggreat #mastodonmigration #blueskymigration

Please, spread the news to everyone you know that uses bluesky.

Bluesky has added Blockchain Capital, who gave them 15 million dollars, as a board member, meaning theyre selling seats on the board for money.

They may say they dont want anything to do with web3, but adding a web3 representative to the board of directors says otherwise.

They also announced subscriptions for things like avatar frames or profile colors, something similar to what Discord does with Nitro.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a
https://www.blockchaincapital.com/blog/bluesky-13m-users-and-growing-our-investment-in-blueskys-re-imagined-social-network

#bluesky #twittermigration #web3isgoinggreat #mastodonmigration #blueskymigration

Please, spread the news to everyone you know that uses bluesky.

Bluesky has added Blockchain Capital, who gave them 15 million dollars, as a board member, meaning theyre selling seats on the board for money.

They may say they dont want anything to do with web3, but adding a web3 representative to the board of directors says otherwise.

They also announced subscriptions for things like avatar frames or profile colors, something similar to what Discord does with Nitro.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a
https://www.blockchaincapital.com/blog/bluesky-13m-users-and-growing-our-investment-in-blueskys-re-imagined-social-network

#bluesky #twittermigration #web3isgoinggreat #mastodonmigration #blueskymigration

Please, spread the news to everyone you know that uses bluesky.

Bluesky has added Blockchain Capital, who gave them 15 million dollars, as a board member, meaning theyre selling seats on the board for money.

They may say they dont want anything to do with web3, but adding a web3 representative to the board of directors says otherwise.

They also announced subscriptions for things like avatar frames or profile colors, something similar to what Discord does with Nitro.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a
https://www.blockchaincapital.com/blog/bluesky-13m-users-and-growing-our-investment-in-blueskys-re-imagined-social-network

#bluesky #twittermigration #web3isgoinggreat #mastodonmigration #blueskymigration

Please, spread the news to everyone you know that uses bluesky.

Bluesky has added Blockchain Capital, who gave them 15 million dollars, as a board member, meaning theyre selling seats on the board for money.

They may say they dont want anything to do with web3, but adding a web3 representative to the board of directors says otherwise.

They also announced subscriptions for things like avatar frames or profile colors, something similar to what Discord does with Nitro.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a
https://www.blockchaincapital.com/blog/bluesky-13m-users-and-growing-our-investment-in-blueskys-re-imagined-social-network

#bluesky #twittermigration #web3isgoinggreat #mastodonmigration #blueskymigration

@paninid lol - these #Web3IsGoingGreat dudebros are quite the clowns! 😂

@paninid lol - these #Web3IsGoingGreat dudebros are quite the clowns! 😂

@paninid lol - these #Web3IsGoingGreat dudebros are quite the clowns! 😂

@paninid lol - these #Web3IsGoingGreat dudebros are quite the clowns! 😂

@paninid lol - these #Web3IsGoingGreat dudebros are quite the clowns! 😂

@web3isgreat #FCSchaffhausen Ex-sponsor #Berformance: 6 persons, including chairman Christian Lux #arrested for scamming 109 millions from investors. They promised huge profits with #crypto machines.

‣ https://www.blick.ch/schweiz/berformance-chef-soll-anleger-um-109-millionen-betrogen-haben-ex-fc-schaffhausen-sponsor-verhaftet-id19841349.html

History:
1.) https://www.shaz.ch/2023/09/28/das-system-berformance-undercover/
2.) https://www.shaz.ch/2024/01/20/berformance-vor-dem-aus/

#web3isgoinggreat, #fraud, #BerformanceGroupAG

@web3isgreat #FCSchaffhausen Ex-sponsor #Berformance: 6 persons, including chairman Christian Lux #arrested for scamming 109 millions from investors. They promised huge profits with #crypto machines.

‣ https://www.blick.ch/schweiz/berformance-chef-soll-anleger-um-109-millionen-betrogen-haben-ex-fc-schaffhausen-sponsor-verhaftet-id19841349.html

History:
1.) https://www.shaz.ch/2023/09/28/das-system-berformance-undercover/
2.) https://www.shaz.ch/2024/01/20/berformance-vor-dem-aus/

#web3isgoinggreat, #fraud, #BerformanceGroupAG

@web3isgreat #FCSchaffhausen Ex-sponsor #Berformance: 6 persons, including chairman Christian Lux #arrested for scamming 109 millions from investors. They promised huge profits with #crypto machines.

‣ https://www.blick.ch/schweiz/berformance-chef-soll-anleger-um-109-millionen-betrogen-haben-ex-fc-schaffhausen-sponsor-verhaftet-id19841349.html

History:
1.) https://www.shaz.ch/2023/09/28/das-system-berformance-undercover/
2.) https://www.shaz.ch/2024/01/20/berformance-vor-dem-aus/

#web3isgoinggreat, #fraud, #BerformanceGroupAG

@web3isgreat #FCSchaffhausen Ex-sponsor #Berformance: 6 persons, including chairman Christian Lux #arrested for scamming 109 millions from investors. They promised huge profits with #crypto machines.

‣ https://www.blick.ch/schweiz/berformance-chef-soll-anleger-um-109-millionen-betrogen-haben-ex-fc-schaffhausen-sponsor-verhaftet-id19841349.html

History:
1.) https://www.shaz.ch/2023/09/28/das-system-berformance-undercover/
2.) https://www.shaz.ch/2024/01/20/berformance-vor-dem-aus/

#web3isgoinggreat, #fraud, #BerformanceGroupAG

Because money

Summary :
The tea.xyz protocol plan to reward open source software contributors resulted in crypto enthusiasts with no intention of participating in OSS opening endless pull requests to claim ownership of prominent OSS projects. This spam was disruptive to said projects, whose (usually volunteer) maintainers had to figure out what was going on and then try to stop the spammy PRs.

https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/single/teaxyz-causes-open-source-software-spam-problems-again

#FOSS #Logiciels_Libres #Crypto #Spam #Web3isGoingGreat