Vkontakte and WebMoney launched a loan service. How is this dangerous for users?

    Today, when viewing web incidents over the past 24 hours, I came across an article on  webplanet.ru . The article is directly related to the social network "Vkontakte" (generally speaking, Facebook too) and the system of online payments WebMoney. And although I am not a user of this social network (and an article dated the 25th), this article interested me!

    I will not engage in copy-paste of other people's information, especially since everyone can always read ( this or this ). I will retell only the essence for the  lazy busy.
    So, six months ago, in the aforementioned social network, a new “trick” appeared, which recently grew into a microloan service “Mutual Assistance Cashier”. The essence of the service is that users can lend to their friends using their webmoney wallets. A necessary condition for such "mutual assistance" is a friendly status.
    It would seem: “well, cool! you can give / borrow, if it’s worth it, ”but:
     - I know from the stories of friends that there are times when completely strangers become friends;
     - The largest social network - a tidbit for hackers of all stripes, and no one is safe from hacking your account;
     - Ahhh ... social networks are getting deeper and deeper into our lives (well, this might seem like a positive moment to someone, but not to me!).
    I drew attention to this message, because I thought about creating such a service myself, but stopped at the moment of thinking about how

    to recover money from the debtor (you can, of course, use the certificate mechanism ...) In fact, with this topic I wanted to convey my opinion / warning to others and find out what the respected thinks about it habrasociety!

    Also popular now: