Post #87326
2025-12-22 09:07 UTC
Replies (10)
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@BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2025-12-22 13:02
I hate this thumbnail image.
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@audaxdreik@pawb.social 2025-12-22 10:33
Finally! I was getting concerned with how long this was taking but see it was well worth the wait. Somehow even worse than I ever imagined, and there's still more to come. I know we're all jaded nerds on this corner of the internet that are well aware of "if you're not paying, etc. etc." but there's real value in investigations like this. Just look at how massively damaging and long-running this scam has been. The future of cyber security and cyberwarfare can't just be fought on tech knowledge alone, there's a huge social component to it and a "You should've known; I told you so" attitude won't help. Spread the information and reach out to those closest to you to offer sincere and genuine help. Help your friends, family, and coworkers uninstall these extensions and all extensions like them. I feel like we're really coming to a point where all these tech industries have overextended themselves to a point where they are immensely vulnerable. Capitalism demands line always go up and if we can even slightly slow or possibly reverse that trend it could pop the bubble for a lot of these corporations.
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@JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 2025-12-22 14:04
Honey is a great example of corporate greed and enshittification turned to 11. It started as a simple free extension for collecting and trying discount coupons, and turned to a massive greedy scam with enough financial backing to start blackmailing webshops for profit.
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@lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 2025-12-22 16:40
I agree with most of it, but...... If you (a business) want to give out coupons only "internally" (usually only to employees), allowing ANYONE to redeem them is just stupid. That system is designed to be exploited. IMO, this is either a bug or very bad application planning. --- And I have an idea for a "honey trap trap".... Whenever someone tries to redeem an "internal" coupon code in your shop, do this: If the person is employee, let them redeem it. If not, display "Attention! You have a dangerous spyware called Honey on your PC. Please uninstall it as soon as possible" with a link to this video...
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@k0e3@lemmy.ca 2025-12-22 12:35
I thought honey disappeared like two years ago after some scandal.
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@SweetCriticalPumpkin@reddthat.com 2025-12-22 09:26
such an incredible video. very thorough deep dive further exposing the honey scam.
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@BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 2025-12-23 17:12
He talks about how honey gets access to the codes by scraping every promo code submitted by the users. Doesn't that mean that someone could automate something to submit false codes by the 100s whenever you are at checkout to fill PayPal with junk data? Making honey useless for everyone for that merchant because it can't tell the real from the fake. An anti honey extension. What's PayPal going to do? Try to sue because the data they are illegally obtaining is being tainted? Obviously the codes wouldn't work on merchants so they are fine in this.
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@FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2025-12-23 21:33
Me watching this entire damning exposé start to finish despite never having used Honey or run a small business online. 
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@A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2025-12-24 00:43
Oh, another MegaLag video about the honey situation. Last time this happened, LTT had a psychotic meltdown and sic'd his base on GamersNexus for...reasons?
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@myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 2025-12-22 20:55
Nah. I just don’t give a fuck and have better things to do with my time. I would rather read a book anyway.