I just came across another article for a different user running the same scam, also @sift666's account was hacked, so I'm wondering if he clicked on something like this...@kiwideb made a post about it.
edit: Here's the post about the other scammer: https://steemit.com/steemit/@aftabkhan10/that-glitch-scam-post-do-not-click-or-enter-your-details
You have to enter your master key to get caught! I read that many people leave their master key in the memo section when they transfer sbd or steem. I can't remember who ran a search on this...I think it was @thedollarvigilante.
When I pasted my master key into the memo section by error, an automated security procedure prevented me from completing the action, so is it even possible to share a master key with the world using the memo section?
Was this on Steemit?
Yes, Steemit does not allow to share master key in a memo.
Where did you encounter the opposite?
That's what I read on someone else's article...that many accounts exposed their keys this way. Let me see if I can find it.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@noisy/we-just-hacked-11-accounts-on-steemit-1158-sbd-and-8250-steem-is-under-our-control-but-we-are-good-guys-so
Old news.
This problem has been solved since then.
You can open a new account and try pasting its master key in a memo and see for yourself what happens.
While I might have joined steemit just before this problem was solved, I also joined it just before any vote bid bot existed and more so before any of those bots became affordable to me (the cheaper ones were created later)
Hm. When I transfer steem or sbd I go through blocktrades, not just the steemit blocktrades, but the site, I provide the site with my wallet address and they in turn give me a different encrypted address to use every time on steemit, so I don't use my master key.
Yeah, I don't understand why anyone would give someone their master key or use it in the memo section.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@noisy/we-just-hacked-11-accounts-on-steemit-1158-sbd-and-8250-steem-is-under-our-control-but-we-are-good-guys-so
Yep, I heard about this. I think I'm good since I don't use my password for anything other than logging in :)