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I'd hope that he gives the number one call to validate that it is, in fact, a scammer before putting it on blast. If he does, I really have no problem with thi
by daeken 10y ago
I'd hope that he gives the number one call to validate that it is, in fact, a scammer before putting it on blast. If he does, I really have no problem with this approach (and have considered it myself, frankly); if he doesn't, then this is just downright irresponsible. But I'd hope no one would be stupid enough to just trust random data from internet users, in this regard ...
- viraptor 10y agoYou could wait for multiple verifications. For example wait until 3 reports of the same number from different IP blocks. It needs Tor and public VPNs filtering, but that should be enough for most cases.
- iopq 10y agoWhat about someone using one of the hundreds of thousands of proxies to submit reports? IPs are easy to get.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoEasy, use a handful of pre-vetted volunteers, not anonymous IPs. Like all the internet communities that require some form of vetting by mods before a user can do some action.