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Exposing the Honey [Browser Extension] Influencer Scam(www.youtube.com)

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Lumidaub@feddit.org
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Oh the browser addon. Goshdarnit. (watching now)

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TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldOP
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Hopefully my edit helps.

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Lumidaub@feddit.org
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lol yeah, don’t worry, bit of confusion helps keep the brain agile. Very interesting video, thanks for sharing!

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hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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That was interesting watch. I’m familiar with the plugin though never installed it and glad for it now. Very scummy behaviour, but that’s to be expected from PayPal

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BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one
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Anyone care to do a tl;dw? Thanks

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ManWithH0Name@lemmy.world
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Honey bad. Converts affiliate links to Honey commission, even if no coupons found. Oh, and it doesn’t actually look for all coupons and will limit what is shown on partner sites. Video was a good watch.

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Chozo@fedia.io
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That wasn’t at all what I was expecting. I always figured that Honey had to be somehow skimming a bit off the top with their coupon codes, but I had no idea they were straight-up overwriting affiliate cookies. This feels illegal, or at the very least it should be illegal.

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datavoid@lemmy.ml
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Definitely will be a lawsuit coming

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thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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And this is why we don’t install proprietary software

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