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Could be a reverse honeypot for bots?
by seivan 13y ago
Could be a reverse honeypot for bots?
- Silhouette 13y agoI'm genuinely wondering at this point whether we should flag this post and submit the site as a suspected phishing exercise to the major search engines. There are no verifiable contact details, terms, privacy policy or other expected information on it. It's presumably collecting a lot of sensitive personal information in a dubious way. The guy allegedly submitting this post seems to have an HN account that he only ever uses for self promotion and it appears he has never replied to any comments or otherwise interacted with anyone here. About the only information I can find that looks anything like real data about this site is that it's trying to raise real money at a $3M valuation via AngelList, and the guy supposedly behind it worked for Microsoft and Groupon, the latter claim not exactly boosting confidence in the legitimacy of this new site. I don't want to go all knee-jerky and cause trouble if it really is a genuine project, but this looks really shady.
- huisjames 13y agoHi there, I'm the creator of Jobscan and I built the app in an attempt to solve the problem of qualified candidates getting weeded out by ATS because they don't have the right keywords on their resumes. My previous start-up Wodache (feel free to Google it) won numerous awards. This is a MVP in an attempt to solve a large problem. I prioritized product features over privacy and thank you all for the feedback. I'm working on a privacy notice and ways to make the site more trustworthy. I'm also an avid reader of HN through Zaker News app so I don't tend to comment or share links. But I'll get on that also. :)