4 ms·
> They often use stolen credit cards, educational discounts, or resold compute credits to acquire them at essentially zero cost. They're not always paying custo
by newswasboring 3mo ago
> They often use stolen credit cards, educational discounts, or resold compute credits to acquire them at essentially zero cost. They're not always paying customers.
Yeah but where are you getting this from? I've seen this claim many places but only as pure speculation. No proof, just bold faced assertions.
- tristanj 3mo agohttps://www.chinatalk.media/p/how-to-buy-cheap-claude-tokens-in https://www.chinatalk.media/p/how-to-buy-cheap-claude-tokens... https://x.com/yan5xu/status/2029743983522631698 https://x.com/yan5xu/status/2029743983522631698 https://x.com/howie_serious/status/2031620123413590471 https://x.com/howie_serious/status/2031620123413590471 https://x.com/Vincent_AINotes/status/2046434813125763527 https://x.com/Vincent_AINotes/status/2046434813125763527
- newswasboring 3mo agoThe china talk page points to an article about crypto currency stolen credit cards. If I believed every random X account i would have to believe too many false things. Not really convinced my guy.
- tristanj 3mo agoThe companies running these proxy stations are already: 1) Using botnets to mass-create thousands of accounts 2) Blatantly violating ToS by splitting and reselling accounts 3) Creating thousands of accounts using fraudulent identities 4) Bypassing KYC by recruiting real people in low-income countries for biometric face-matching checks for a few dollars 5) Using AI deepfakes to fake passports / verification credentials But if you believe that payments fraud is the one ethical line these syndicates refuse to cross, there's not much else I can say to convince you.
- deleted 3mo ago[deleted]
- newswasboring 3mo agoI'm just going by the materials you provided.