Re:Social engineering scam that nearly cost me all of my ETH
by ikt on Monday February 14, 2022 @10:02AM
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> There are checks in place to make difficult to buy an SSL certificate for the official domain of a bank.
Who said it needed to be a real bank?
> At least Chrome tracks malicious websites.
That's not TCP/IP, the chrome equivalent would be on Trustwallet, argent, metamask etc to implement.
Re:Social engineering scam that nearly cost me all of my ETH
by aaaaaaaaata on Sunday February 13, 2022 @11:57PM
(#30328516)
The ACH banking protocol doesn't have these either.
This isn't Ethereum's job.
It's an L2's job. Whichever ones you choose to engage with. But, they'll all be interoperable.
Re:Social engineering scam that nearly cost me all of my ETH
by fragmede on Monday February 14, 2022 @12:48AM
(#30328777)
Anyone that's sent crypto from Polygon to Coinbase would disagree about interoperability.
Re:Social engineering scam that nearly cost me all of my ETH
by aaaaaaaaata on Monday February 14, 2022 @11:03AM
(#30333614)
Polygon is a centralized project, and its problems are its own. Not a decentralized cryptocurrency.
Re:Social engineering scam that nearly cost me all of my ETH
by Osiris on Sunday February 13, 2022 @11:21PM
(#30328341)
There a number of services that provide blacklisted addresses to help people avoid scams or to prevent stolen funds from being laundered.
Re:Social engineering scam that nearly cost me all of my ETH
by doopy1 on Sunday February 13, 2022 @09:03PM
(#30327647)
Actually most web3 wallets have their own version of "safe browsing" and track malicious/phishing web3 websites.
Re:Social engineering scam that nearly cost me all of my ETH
by Rastonbury on Sunday February 13, 2022 @10:10PM
(#30327993)
There isn't much point if domains and contracts are being setup for the sole purpose of spearfishing a handful of whales.
At least Chrome tracks malicious websites.
By comparison, there seem to be no checks in place to prevent writing an ethereym contract that drains a victim’s wallet.