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I don't think you have anyone to blame if you give your phone with a logged in money app to a stranger who is begging for money.

• hoofhearted 4y ago
  It’s a high pressure situation in the middle of rush hour traffic. They like to target unsuspecting older white people, and unaware females. If you get aggressive, they will spit on your window, break your wipers off, and hit your car. Things can get really ugly if you get out of your car and try to confront them: https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/watch-video-shows-final-seconds-of-confrontation-between-timothy-reynolds-squeegee-workers-TQUTLVWWU5APVAF3QQFXNSLWLU/ https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justic...
  • sokoloff 4y ago
    This is not CashApp's responsibility to fix any more than it would be the US Treasury's responsibility to fix if I hand them a $100 bill.
    • Pet_Ant 4y ago
      If they ask for $10 and you give them a $100 asking for change yes it is the police's job to fix.
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  • calvinmorrison 4y ago
    Cashapp doesnt bear the responsability of highway robbermen
    • hoofhearted 4y ago
      So you’re validating what Hindenburg research is saying correct? A bunch of their transaction volume is scam money that is hard to reverse, and it’s not Blocks fault as you say.
• PragmaticPulp 4y ago
  > I don't think you have anyone to blame It’s a negligent move for sure, but a crime is still a crime. Having someone steal your money without your consent is still theft and they are still the perpetrator of the crime. The victim-blaming mentality on the internet is wild. Being negligent or naive doesn’t shift 100% of the blame to the victim when a crime occurs.
  • hoofhearted 4y ago
    And then you call them to complain that someone was able to drain your bank account, and they say “sorry, you’re on your own”
  • jstx1 4y ago
    You're focusing on whether it's the phone owner's fault or the thief's fault, my point is that it isn't the app's fault.
  • efitz 4y ago
    It drives me nuts that anytime you indicate that a victim behaved unwisely and caution others to behave wisely to help avoid being victimized in the same way, somebody always gets their hackles up about “victim blaming”. Two things can be true at once: the perpetrator of a crime is the one responsible, AND the victim might have avoided victimhood had they acted more prudently. Humans communicate in stories. The “cautionary tale” or example of folly that led to woe is a pattern as old as our species could talk. It is NOT true that cautioning people not to act imprudently, and providing an example, is “victim blaming”. I don’t hear anyone saying that we should not pursue and prosecute the perpetrator. So just can it with the hair trigger “victim blaming” accusation.
    • richrichardsson 4y ago
      > I don't think you have anyone to blame if you give your phone with a logged in money app to a stranger who is begging for money. > caution others to behave wisely to help avoid being victimized in the same way In this case though this is not a caution to others, it's literally a statement of victim shaming/blaming.