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Do you think reporting these requests to the store(s) in question might result in investigation, or at the least, a list of suspicious investors to use to vet e
by throwawaaarrgh 5y ago
Do you think reporting these requests to the store(s) in question might result in investigation, or at the least, a list of suspicious investors to use to vet extensions/apps?
- bozzcl 5y agoI would love to see a public database of app buyers. I think some interesting insights could come out of it.
- extesy 5y agoI don't think that would be useful, for two reasons: 1. What rules are being violated by these offers? It is what happens after the sale might break the rules but I can't report someone for having bad intentions. 2. I do not believe Google would be interested in spending even a minute of their precious human time to do any real investigation. If they can't automate the solution then they ignore the problem.
- derefr 5y ago> 1. What rules are being violated by these offers? It is what happens after the sale might break the rules but I can't report someone for having bad intentions. They might be people who were already banned for modifying other extensions into malware, back at it again on a new account. The hint that they're trying the same tactic might be enough to link their previous and new accounts, and then ban them again.
- gnicholas 5y agoSeems like the stores could investigate this on their own by creating fake extensions that appear to have lots of users.