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RE: Protect Your ASS... I Mean Assets
I’m very happy I was able to trigger you firecracker ass into writing such a valuable educational/informational post.
I don’t like people to tell me what to do either. But I had to learn that sometimes they had a point, and that I had to take that point into consideration when I made my decisions (not fun)
Anyway, I’m planning on making a DBook with information on how to protect yourself, so the information won’t be buried in the dungeons of SteemIt and we have to write awareness posts over and over again.
I still need to figure out how the DBooks site exactly works, but I think this information about link shortneners is important to add.
I’ll get back to you soon
You made a valid point with a reasonable argument. I'm no crusader but I thought it through completely and you're right; malicious scripts aren't people. Script activities have no inherent rights of their own. I don't believe it is over-reaching to downvote viral comments.
And anyone has a right to use their stake to downvote the human accounts planting the initial viral seeds on the blockchain. It's not really my war, but I understand why no-one would value content containing destructive code.
I've decided to refrain from using analytics for now. I'd like to try to track down the owner of http://steem.link and see if they are still actively maintaining the project. If not, perhaps someone can take it over. Either way, I'd like to see Steem.link work with Steemcleaners, Guard, Quochuy, and others on sharing a universal blacklist. That way Steem.link could be used to shorten benign links. I don't see why they can't scan links before they shorten them.
I also think it would be a good idea to compile a list of reasonably safe Steem sites. I believe Busy, Steemconnect, Steembottracker, Dlive and many others are all as safe as Steemit to login to with an Active key for the sake of transactions. It may be worthwhile for a small group to be formed to verify a list of safe Steem websites. Steem projects, Steem tools, and Utopia are all directories that could easily feature a verified badge. And not saying other tools should not exist, or unverified accounts either— I'm for choice anonymity. However, I think for those willing to volunteer to be verified and provide extra information for the trust and safety of others would only benefit (in traffic) from participating in such a verification program.
I don't know what Dbook is. Let me know.
The Wiki is also a good place where such information could be compiled. While the Wiki is editable by anyone, it's peer reviewed I believe. And they pay rewards for updates. There is no Wiki page under Phishing.
https://steemit.com/steem-project/@seablue/steemcenter-wiki-the-wiki-for-steemians-posted-from-chainbb
What do you think?
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I think you have a point there, about implementing some kind of safety label. Because I’m aware of the fact that the message I’m spreading could lead to paranoia against a lot of sites that are actually safe to use...
I did hear about the wiki before, but haven’t taken the time to check it out. I will. If there’s indeed nothing about phishing on there, it definitely needs some updating...
I wouldn't mind (as time permits) adding what techy stuff I know about phishing to the wiki. I don't know yet how to make pages on the wiki yet. It would literally take a day for me to learn how to wiki. Lol! The dbook idea is good too. Or both. Can't hurt to get the info out there.
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