Show HN: I made a scam detector and build a public database for it

8 pointsposted 2 years ago
by ngalongc

3 Comments

not_your_vase

2 years ago

You know how would this be extremely useful? If it was built into the browsers (like the deceptive website warning) and into chat apps - and it would warn real time, as the scam happens. I guess there are some value in this form too, but it's more like after-the-fact analysis for the majority of the users (you either know right away that it's a scam, or you start thinking later "oh... was I just scammed? let me try investigating".

Of course I realize the privacy questions this raises... but still.

bradknowles

2 years ago

If I wanted to phish for personal information that I could use for other attacks, I would set up a public service where people could send all their apparent scams and then go looking for all the personal data that is leaking through.

I could even make it seem legit by using the collected data to block any of my competitors, and only “accidentally” allowing through the attacks that I make or that are made by my real customers.