web3 is going just greatNov 14, 2022

Tokensoft intentionally publishes personal data of around 5,000 users who they believe are "bad actors"

November 12, 2022
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Tokensoft intentionally publishes personal data of around 5,000 users who they believe are "bad actors"

Tokensoft is a project that aims to help web3 projects launch fairly, without the launches being gamed. The group evidently thought they had come across 5,000 or so users who had been gaming airdrops, to which their solution was to publish a list of private user data about those individuals. The list included full names, wallet addresses, and physical and IP addresses.Several users replied to the message in shock that their data was exposed, saying they'd never done anything wrong. The Tokensoft employee replied, "If you made it on the naughty list...yes, shame on you....I shared your info, better luck next time".The project later deleted the link from the Discord server, then tried to claim that it had never been posted at all.

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Show thread Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑Nov 14, 2022
@web3isgreat Seems typical that people involved in web3 doesn't understand the law.
Show threadGottfried Szing Nov 14, 2022

@WhyNotZoidberg @web3isgreat not true in general, since many #web3 guys I know are very keen on law, since once letting a web3 application of the leash it is to late to revert. Like Pandora's box!

These "data breaches" are done by (simply put) idiots. How can someone (web3 or not) even consider to release approx 5k of user data?!

The question that there was basically no evidence or proof is making it even worse.

Show thread Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑Nov 14, 2022
@kjoo @web3isgreat the problem with web3 is that it's completely unnecessary and unwanted. Just like blockchain.
Show threadGottfried Szing Nov 14, 2022

@WhyNotZoidberg @web3isgreat 😱 oh no, blockchain and web3 is not unnecessary or unwanted, it is just very often misused. The issue is not the technology, it is the wrong particular usage of it.

And especially the hype around all the #metaverse, which is really not helpful in any way. Putting all the tech like AI, AR, VR, blockchain,... into a new bag and relabel was the worst that has happened in the last year.

Show thread Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑Nov 14, 2022
@kjoo
There's literally no user case for it.
Show threadGottfried Szing Nov 14, 2022
@WhyNotZoidberg almost no, that's right. But not completely. Yes, almost all (but not all) usecases could be solved with traditional software, but some solutions are nicer/simpler/better using blockchain. And some are only possible with blockchain.
Show threadAdrasteianixNov 15, 2022
@kjoo Considering that pretty much every explanation for web3 I have ever heard starts with we are going to decentralize the (most famous and successful distributed/decentralized system of systems which is operated by a completely voluntary cooperative consortium of geographically and ideologically diverse organizations who come to a consensus for also completely voluntary standards and has no centralized controlling authority governing it) internet
Show threadAdrasteianix
@kjoo And we are going to do it by NOT changing the underlying interconnected infrastructure at all! Just running new applications on top of the existing infrastructure, which we don't actually have to ask permission for, because there very literally exists no centralized authority to tell us not to!
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