▲ 66 ▼ Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam - YT Video (piped.wireway.ch) submitted 2 years ago by Templa@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments spoilerIt seems the Honey Coupon extension wasn't just making money by tracking purchases from users, but also by taking credit for the sales for PayPal (since they are owned by it) by changing your local cookies. Pretty shady if you ask me.
[–] astrsk@fedia.io 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yup. And this is why all these coupon sites exist. Absolutely none of them would be running this long if they weren’t profiting off it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago Nah, even without affiliate code shenanigans, there have been coupon sites for like forever. People REALLY want to find codes, it's the best bait to fill their screen with ads, popups, malware, and whatever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago Nah, even without affiliate code shenanigans, there have been coupon sites for like forever. People REALLY want to find codes, it's the best bait to fill their screen with ads, popups, malware, and whatever. permalink fedilink source parent