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Exposing YouTube sponsor "Honey" Part 3: Suppressing stand down

9 comments

  1. [2]
    Flother
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    PayPal's e-mail at the end certainly is something and becomes fairly unprofessional the further on it goes. I had to laugh at the prospect of someone writing this with a straight face: If what's...

    PayPal's e-mail at the end certainly is something and becomes fairly unprofessional the further on it goes. I had to laugh at the prospect of someone writing this with a straight face:

    Finally, the Honey platform follows industry rules and practices...

    If what's been demonstrated by MegaLag is true then this is a significant breach of conduct and I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up being Honey's death knell.

    10 votes
    1. MimicSquid
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      "The knife that was allegedly stabbed into our partners' back followed all relevant physical laws during the entire process."
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      "The knife that was allegedly stabbed into our partners' back followed all relevant physical laws during the entire process."

      13 votes
  2. Grzmot
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    As promised by MegaLag, here is part 3 out of ? of the Honey journey, where he journeys into the code to describe how the extension selectively suppresses "standing down", a feature of coupon...

    As promised by MegaLag, here is part 3 out of ? of the Honey journey, where he journeys into the code to describe how the extension selectively suppresses "standing down", a feature of coupon hunting extensions where they stand down and do nothing if the user has clicked on an affliate link so the money goes where it belongs.

    8 votes
  3. [6]
    TaylorSwiftsPickles
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    Edit: I deleted that post as this one got some more popularity as well as a comment chain originating neither from myself nor OP, and also matches the title of the previous vieeo. We both seem to...

    Hey, I posted it just shortly before you did:
    https://tildes.net/~tech/1rym/the_honey_files_expose_major_fraud_part_3

    Edit: I deleted that post as this one got some more popularity as well as a comment chain originating neither from myself nor OP, and also matches the title of the previous vieeo. We both seem to have posted shortly before we went offline for the day. The "duplicate post" tag may be removed, No further moderation actions needed.

    5 votes
    1. [2]
      Grzmot
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      Oh no! Sorry! This is what happens when I late night post

      Oh no! Sorry! This is what happens when I late night post

      5 votes
    2. [3]
      DefinitelyNotAFae
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      I do like the title here better since it matches the others. Maybe we can merge them?

      I do like the title here better since it matches the others. Maybe we can merge them?

      3 votes
      1. [2]
        cfabbro
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        Only @Deimos can merge topics, but considering there is only discussion going on in this topic at the moment it's probably better to just delete the other one, despite it having been posted first.

        Only @Deimos can merge topics, but considering there is only discussion going on in this topic at the moment it's probably better to just delete the other one, despite it having been posted first.

        6 votes