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Kickstarter Identity theft

e14 Contributor

A post warning others of what I found just an hour ago.

 

I had a project hosted on Indiegogo of a case for the raspberry pi.

 

I have just found all my material on Kickstarters website hosted by a user pretending to be me. He claims he is from the Uk, and is taking money under my name. He even has my videos linked.

 

Due to the seriousness of this, and the fact that it is identity theft I intend making this viral. This could have serious impact to my name and career should the hacker fund the project, and do a run with the funds.

 

The project name is Raspberry Slice - it can be found archived on the Indiegogo website, and is now currently funding on Kickstarter!!!!

 

I have posted about it on Kickstarters Facebook page, and also reported it on their site.

 

This is really, really, not good enough and scary when you think about it. Their screening is obviously terrible, as is their user checks.

 

 

Brian Garvey.

  • in reply to e14 Contributor

    Brian

    Bummer.

    Identify theft is something that the modern world needs to get its s..t together about.

     

    I liked Paypals idea of confirming your credit card was the right one, by making a $1 charge, then coding the entry on the statement.

    When you received the statement, you entered that code as confirmation, and they credited back your $1.

     

    NZ Trademe (think ebay) does a similar address verification process, where they send you a code by post and you enter it to verify the address.

     

    Something combining those and 1 other method ... phone, work address, etc would be a system of verification, that should work no matter which country you lived in.

     

    NZ has a goverment login that is used/forced upon users, however its pretty poor, and is open to abuse, as there is no verification that you are who you claim to be.

     

    You are right about patents and copyright, as they only apply to those who respect them (like door locks), and the enforcement aspect is a major concern.

    Removing the markings and ensuring the code can't be dumped, along with realistic pricing is the cheapest method I know, along with assumming it will be copied in 12 months or less.

     

     

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