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Brave taking cryptocurrency donations “for me” without my consent

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323 points plusCubed | 1 comments | 21 Dec 18 17:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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callinyouin ◴[21 Dec 18 19:55 UTC] No.18736064[source]▶
Brendan Eich's defense of this scheme [0] seems a bit weak to me. Do you really think the solution is to make creators opt out? What in the world makes you think it's okay to represent people who have not asked for your assistance and take donations on their behalf? Why is it their responsibility to ask you nicely not to use their name to solicit donations?

[0] https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1076187316748615680

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jonny_eh ◴[21 Dec 18 20:13 UTC] No.18736212[source]▶
This must be against some kind of law, I'm not sure which though.
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1. cyphar ◴[21 Dec 18 20:33 UTC] No.18736368[source]▶
You could argue it's charity fraud, though the "intended" target isn't being represented as a charity they are being given donations (so "charity donation fraud", I guess). But it's likely some flavour of fraud.