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Interesting that they go through so much trouble to spoof eBay.com and then not try to collect logins/passwords.
by zaroth 8y ago
Interesting that they go through so much trouble to spoof eBay.com and then not try to collect logins/passwords.
- throwawaymath 8y agoMy understanding is that's not the purpose of the obfuscation. The parties doing this don't generally want to hack users or compromise accounts, they want people to go to their site instead of the more recognizable one. If they start actively phishing users this way they're solidly in illegal hacking territory on a pretty massive scale. What they're currently doing is "only" a "growth hack" to get more people on their site instead of the competitor's site.
- robbyking 8y agoI agree with you in premise, but if you read the post, the website users were redirected to was a phishing site: https://wpdotjoshdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/snag-0031.jpg https://wpdotjoshdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/snag-003...