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> Honestly, this is a bad argument. It is a protective heuristic for the non-tech people. Basically, the more something mentions crypto coins, the higher the
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
> Honestly, this is a bad argument.
It is a protective heuristic for the non-tech people.
Basically, the more something mentions crypto coins, the higher the likelihood that it is a scam of some type.
It is not always true, but it is true enough for the average person and , in general, functions pretty well as a heuristic.
Thus, they hear about this new, previously unknown, chat service, and see an association with crypto coins, their scam detector immediately goes off, and they don’t want anything to do with it.
- 908087 6y agoI've worked in tech for over 30 years, have used Signal since it was called TextSecure and just encrypted SMS messages, and my scam detector is still going off as a result of their decision to cram some cryptocurrency bullshit into the app.