Late Actor Matthew Perry's Twitter Hacked: Fake Charity Plea Targets Fans with Cryptocurrency Scam : technology

[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago

let's just connect everyone's computers so they can talk to each other, it will be cool

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why isn't his account archive?

[–] lookorex@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago

They probably fired the people responsible for doing that

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago

It's musk running the scam.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Musk

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Crypto being used for scams? Say it ain't so!

[+] shortwavesurfer@monero.town -20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Biggest scams are done in USD. The big part of not falling for a scam is doing your due diligence and people are adults and should be treated as such.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Biggest scams are done in USD.

That's because USD is widely used.

Crypto isn't widely used and it still has scams worth millions. Cryptwats are 🤡🤡🤡

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago

*billions

https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/

[+] shortwavesurfer@monero.town -21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

At most a couple thousand. Ive been using crypto for ~10 years now and by doing my homework and not jumping on hype trains have not been scammed.

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't yet sent my life savings to a Nigerian prince, so there are no scams.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, literally 72.317 billion at this point.

https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/

It all gets neatly documented.

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town -5 points 1 year ago

I wasn't measuring in fiat when I said a couple of thousand. however, i was also using inaccurate numbers so my fault. Using those numbers 73000000000/50000 = 1460000

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. - George Carlin

You've admitted that you need to be cautious when using crypto because you buy the wrong one and you loose everything.

That little fact alone makes it fucking useless to the average person. FTX conned lots of people, celsius.

Seriously you're just pissing in the wind and ya wonder why you're getting wet

STOP PISSING IN THE FUCKING WIND!
WE DON'T CARE!

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Buy the real ones, bitcoin, ethereum, monero. Second tire like litecoin are okay, but not as good. Stablecoins are not real crypto since they are managed by companies and can be revoked or frozen.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is the point of cryptocurrency if someone like you has to tell other people which ones are the good ones?

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my view, the point is that everything will be tried, and lots will fail. But some will succeed, and those will become the things people go to. Another point is that most cryptocurrencies are either deflationary or inflationary, but controlled very strictly by code, and therefore runaway inflation will not happen. So there will be no more million dollars in Bobway bills, or Venice Waylas, or Argentina's, or whatever, with hundreds and thousands of percent of inflation per year. Separation of money and state is something we should strive for because the state will no longer be able to fund endless wars and prosecution against innocent people. The way they do it now is through inflation, since taxation is not popular.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are you assuming the successful ones won't be scams? There are lots of successful scams.

Also, taxation pays for things like roads and fire departments. It ensures meat and medications are inspected and not tainted. It enables enforcement of environmental regulations.

I know the whole libertarian 'taxes are evil' thing is something you guys believe, but it is not actually the case and there has never been a nation where there is no taxation in the history of currency.

Also, 93% of Americans think it is your patriotic duty to pay taxes. Many of them think taxes are too high, but most people think taxes are not a bad thing in general and people should pay them.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5296.pdf

Sorry, your tax-free, everything is privatized world is not something the majority of people want.

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know taxes can be used for good things. However, I would argue that in the majority of cases, taxes are nothing but a way to extract money from people and give it to a select few in government or friends of government such as Lockheed Martin. Why does everything the government uses cost so much? Because there's no competition, and very little to no need to inovate and ask how something could be done better. I dont see NASA flying reusable rockets for example. Before SpaceX launch costs were way to high because of slow design. Now a highschool can put up a cubesat if they wish. We can argue about whether they should or not, but the point is that they can, and they could not before.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The majority of cases? Really? Can you demonstrate that? Because this sure says otherwise-

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/heres-where-your-federal-income-tax-dollars-go-flna654971

First you claimed most people don't like taxes, which I showed you was false. Now you claim the majority is used for defense, which is also false.

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is CBPP? if its government its not trustworthy. Even then, defense showing as 20% means that 20% of my money is going to kill people who have never harmed me. So can I just refuse to pay 20% of my taxes? No, I can't. Because if I did, I would be thrown in a cage and made to sleep with the lights on 24/7.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

https://www.cbpp.org/

Looking forward to you telling me they have no credibility.

And no, you don't get to choose where your taxes go to. In any country. Ever.

And yet you were still incorrect on both points.

Sorry, most people are fine paying taxes.

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

My point exactly, now please stop pissing into the wind

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could I be receiving anymore bitcoin??

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Could I be anymore hacked?

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weird that they wouldn't either delete the account or memorialize it thereby removing the ability to log in or create posts.

But hey! It's Twitter, the worst managed social media platform on the internet!

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

memorialize it thereby removing the ability to log in or create posts

I don’t think that’s a thing on Twitter? And not to defend Twitter, but it would be something for his estate to handle, not Twitter themselves.

[+] Sprokes@jlai.lu -15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Every celebrity/rich has a foundation. And they make you believe that they do it to help the poor.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He had a foundation for helping people with addiction issues. By all accounts he was very committed and proud and it helped a lot of people but you continue making generalisations and insensitive suggestions.

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Celebrities and rich people are crapitalistic garbage. No? 😒

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

How exactly do you expect actors to make movies and TV shows and not become famous? Every show and movie has new people, most of them who can't act?

[–] boyi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your thinking is so interesting that I need to learn the way you think. Please answer this if you don't mind: If someone who are good at what they are doing are garbage, how do you define those that are not good at what they are doing?

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As non crapitalistic monsters, just good old human beings

[–] boyi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

For me that's just envy. You define people based on what you don't get.

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