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Quote from: justinjja on July 26, 2019, 12:29:30 PM

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

An airdrop is an airdrop and should be free if they ask you to complete a task before they give you a portion of their coin, then this is no tan airdrop anymore but a bounty, do not download anything or write a string of code to your address unless you know what that codes, because airdrops now are a pennyworth, and most of the time they are bunch of useless coins.

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Quote from: Rehmanchoudhary5 on August 12, 2019, 09:27:46 PM

99% airdrop these days are fake does not pays you and all of them ask for KYC, they owe your personal ID documents probably they sold to some agencies or organizations who knows but it's totally unsafe to handover your documents to anyone for 1,2$.

With the current altcoin market conditions that are still weak, I think joining the airdrop asking for KYC is not a good choice. The value of the airdrop that we get is not comparable to the security of our documents and it is better that I do not join the airdrop even though to get a free token does not require a lot of effort.

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99% airdrop these days are fake does not pays you and all of them ask for KYC, they owe your personal ID documents probably they sold to some agencies or organizations who knows but it's totally unsafe to handover your documents to anyone for 1,2$.

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Quote from: justinjja on July 26, 2019, 12:29:30 PM

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

I have never come across any airdrop that sends you any string and ask you to click on them. Earlier, there were airdrops for BTC holders that required a signed message from your wallet. Examples are Byteball, Bitcore and Stellar Lumens airdrops. I participated in them, and I should say that I got good returns from these airdrops.

But in those cases, we needed to create the signed message ourselves. I just logged in to my online Blockchain.com wallet and created a signed message. And that is the proper way of doing it. I would be cautious about those airdrops which ask you to sign message using their own URL links. It is a clear sign of phishing and I would stay away from such links.

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I think it's safe if they don't ask for a private key or send a few fees,because airdrop is completely free by only doing light tasks or filling out forms and for airdrops from exchanges it will usually ask for KYC.

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usually airdrops are safe if the registration is easy but having your information shared will photos, KYC and stuff better check it one first before joining because you might get your information stolen from nowhere and sell it to the blackmarket

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For me the airdrop is safe. But still, you have to be vigilant. There have been many cases in the airdrop. Malware. Many people who put Malware into an airdrop link. Malware is very dangerous for the laptop or PC that we use to look for bitcoin. As you said, your account could have sent bitcoin to them without you knowing it.

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The Airdrops present right now on the blockchain cryptocurrency market aren't constantly sheltered, in some cases you locate some phony airdrops requesting that you complete a KYC, or even to send them your private keys. Numerous novices got defrauded by this "airdrops" and lost their well deserved coins thus.

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Quote from: justinjja on July 26, 2019, 12:29:30 PM

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

Any airdrop that requires any or all of the above requirements, such as signing messages is a scam attempt, and what they are trying to do is to steal your coins.

teddyelwyn

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I have had luck with the airdrops i've participated in. If they are notable companies and you've done your due diligence I think it's fair to say go for it.

EdenDice

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Are they are safe enough at this moment. Though I stopped joining on Airdrops I have to research Airdrop campaign to help my community! Right now many good airdrops are running though their reward is little. But my suggestion is, don't do every airdrop, try to check the Airdrops Alert website and their ratings!

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Not all airdrops are safe, there are also many fraudulent airdrops like we are required to send ETH or BTC to certain addresses, some are asking us to provide private keys, and some are asking us to do KYC, so we must be smart in choosing airdrop

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Quote from: justinjja on July 26, 2019, 12:29:30 PM

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

airdrop that requires you to download their wallet might be malicious it's better to just skip such airdrop so as to avoid stories that touch in future, lots of airdrop are out there just to get your personal information

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I think airdrop is safe, it's a good form of reward for the participants. now we can see a lot of airdrop events there and only how the airdrop can be successful or not we have to do research

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Quote from: Delilonia1 on August 08, 2019, 12:13:32 AM

Quote from: justinjja on July 26, 2019, 12:29:30 PM

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

Airdrops are actually safe but you have to stay clear of airdrops that require you installing an app or sending them your private keys. If you are careful of this, your mind will be at rest as the chance of losing your BTC will be very slim or impossible

So far, Airdrops only requires participants to join the telegram and tweet their official Twitter tweets and if there is an Airdrop that requires participants to send a number of funds either eth or btc, you can be sure it is an airdrop scam and don.t enter your private key in the airdrop registration form.

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Quote from: justinjja on July 26, 2019, 12:29:30 PM

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

No, that will not happen. Bitcoin transactions will not require a signature, the word needs private key or key store to log in to the wallet and start trading.
they are not important about signature forms, they are important about the personal information you provide, especially the passport.

iyah adrian

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It's safe if you only provide email-telegram- and your ETH address

That is what I want to say that airdrop is safe.

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But if like airdrop requires exchange account. email, or ETH private key, you should stay away because it's the airdrop fake and it's scam

If it's like this, I won't participate in the airdrop. And also I want to add a little, Never send KYC just to join the airdrop.

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Quote from: justinjja on July 26, 2019, 12:29:30 PM

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

Airdrops are actually safe but you have to stay clear of airdrops that require you installing an app or sending them your private keys. If you are careful of this, your mind will be at rest as the chance of losing your BTC will be very slim or impossible

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Unless you send your private keys there will not be any problem regarding the airdrops, it has been proved so many times. I never download the third-party software and my personal computer has never been hacked.

As long as you keep control of your private keys I agree, airdrops are harmless. But there are sneaky ways, for example, some airdrops need an email, and then some people keep their 2fa on the same email. When that happens you expose your email, and if it's hacked, so is your 2FA.

And of course there are those who keep addresses on simple websites with weak passwords.

Andrews193

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I prefer to waste my time with the bounty campaigns instead of the airdrops. I never download the mentioned Softwares and I understand the risks associated with downloading the dangerous files as "wallet".

Well, the risk received from downloading some files during work with airdrop is what everyone has shared, and therefore, if faced with projects that have these requirements, it is wise to not participate because a very small reward then we lose bigger amounts, that's very silly. And besides this case, a lot of projects are also just scams for participants, their tokens are often not worthwhile, joining them only gets junk, airdrop is really unsafe, if any anyone who wants to participate and make money, bounty is the logical path as you say

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