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@ Farley | Retired Fortune 10 ☕
2025-04-02 02:29:44
🔍 The Scam’s Evolution
Mining" Appliances (HeatBit One)
Claims to mine Bitcoin → Actually just maps your LAN (devices, traffic, vulnerabilities).
Sells data to advertisers, hackers, or govt sniffers.
Home Theater Miners
"Your 4K TV earns crypto while you sleep!" → Actually recording viewing habits for targeted ads.
Smartwatch ASICs
10 TH/s from your wrist! → Actually tracking biometrics + location for shadow profiles.
Final Form: The Internet of Scams
Your fridge "mines" → logs eating habits.
Your car "validates transactions" → sells driving data.
Everything spies, nothing mines.
💀 Why This Works (For Them)
Greed > Privacy: People ignore surveillance for "free money."
Plausible Deniability: "Oops, our ‘mining’ firmware had a ‘bug’ that collected WiFi passwords!"
Regulatory Lag: Laws move slower than scam innovation.