The Honey Scam is Worse Than I Thought
By MegaLag
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Support my channel on Patreon: https://patreon.com/MegaLag Check out Ben's research: https://www.benedelman.org/honey-detecting-testers/ The Honey Files: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rj2AEI_Gr5WJbkor_sqVu4t9VhQtYcTazVwxJx9QYzU/ Wladimir Palant's Investigation: https://palant.info/2020/10/28/what-would-you-risk-for-free-honey/ Jetle's Spreadsheet: https://x.com/j3lte 00:00 Intro 01:54 Addressing Honey Co-Founder Ryan Hudson's Claims 04:23 Deep Dive into Honey's Database & Expired Coupons 07:08 How Honey Actually Sources Its Coupons 10:33 Violating Affiliate Network Coupon Policies 14:20 The Fraudulent "Standown" System 17:53 How Standown Rules are Updated via the Cloud 21:02 Selective Standown (SSD): Profiling the User 27:03 The Kill Switch: Monitoring Affiliate Network Cookies 31:13 PayPal's Recent Rule Changes & Attempted Cover-up 33:06 Expert Interview: Security Researcher Ben Edelman 37:40 Tracing the System's History Back to 2017 41:08 Conclusion and Final Implications
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