If proton swap were an official proton product, it would still be a scam because crypto is a scam.
It’s not a scam if you use it to buy stuff though
They'd lose a lot of credibility if this was legit.
It's only a scam if you don't immediately use it to buy drugs.
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@asdfasdfasdf @aberrate_junior_beatnik Would you please provide context?
As stupid as I think Crypto is, it's no longer purely a scam.
It's now packaged into assets like ETFs and recommended as a diversification tool (though I disagree with the Economist's analysis on this one). So it is in some sense a real asset at this point.
But crypto is a ouji board with a planchette pointing at random prices and the hands pushing it are a bunch of US banks and guys with monkey avatars that cost more than my house on X (both the site and drug).
The fact you can invest in something does not stop it being a scam.
That's kind of like the cornerstone of many scams.
You said it yourself. Crypto has nothing to stabilise its value. It is entirely speculative. There is three options to make money with crypto. Sell it to someone that believes in it more than you do. Sell it to someone that believes he can make more of a quick buck than you, or have the gamble work, that it ends up becoming a legit payment system and have the value explode and stabilise there.
In the first two cases you just try to fuck over another gambler. In the third case you yourself gamble.
It is always possible that the hype collapses or crypto gets banned globally. Whoever is left holding it then got scammed by the others.
While in the beginning many investors believed it to become a viable payment system eventually, now most are just looking to not be the last in line to get scammed.
People invested in Ponzi scheme as they thought it wasn't a scam. The same for crypto.
"Powered by Swiss Privacy" 😂
lmao
It has a checkmark, so it must be legit, right?
Isn't twitter just scams, bots, and bots running scams at this point?
Don't just give away secrets in the open like that 🤫
The team is already on it.
You know Proton has grown big when others take the time and effort to create scams like that.
It's no longer a tiny operation which is easily ignored or forgotten.
Question is what kind of scam is it? It looks like a crypto scam on the surface. But could it be more? Password phishing? Session hijacking?
I don't have more details about the scam, I just saw the picture and posted it here
I'm guessing they'll want you to log in. they'll use those credentials to get data from protonpass and try to breach other sites? ( Like crypto sites ( e.g.: binance ).
Maybe even mass send email to the contacts about this great new platform they found at >insert dodgy link
I agree with you. The logo/background all definitely looks proton style. Somebody made an effort to make it look like an actual product.
@fluckx Yupp .... and this is the lamest excuse I've seen in a long time ...
This is bullshit and they try to hide it. And they know it.
That Proton logo font is unique to Proton. These guys have studied this post: https://proton.me/blog/new-visual-universe
@protonmail @protonprivacy Don't let this pass. Let these guys feel they've trespassed into the wrong garden.
Check out my easy to guide to spotting a scam.
Are they peddling crypto?
Yes: Then it's a scam.
No: Might still be a scam. Proceed with caution.
Send this to Protons general counsel. I'm sure they'd appreciate it
I agree with you on all of that.
Basically eth and BTC are the only cryptos that make any sense, ICOs are scams, most other coins are scams, and stuff like the USD coin show that even the legitimate sounding ones are incredibly fragile.
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Monero is actually relly usefull if you want anonymity
Dear Proton. Don't do Crypto shit please.
Or at least do better integration with Proton Drive and Proton Calendar on Linux first lol
