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Feature Request: Don't send endless takedown requests with false claims of "phishing/virus operations" to server/domain/cloud providers #7293

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deanpress opened this issue Sep 11, 2023 · 2 comments
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deanpress commented Sep 11, 2023

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Uniswap's anti-phishing partner Bolster Inc. sent a takedown notice to our hosting provider, for hosting a legitimate fork of the GPL-licensed Uniswap Interface.

They're falsely claiming that we're a crypto phishing scam operation, and included non-existent links to support their claims, like /wfargo/wellsrgo/virus.txt (which doesn't work), clearly trying to give the impression that we're hosting financial scams, demanding the provider immediately take down our server.

These fake "virus" links obviously just redirect back to the interface's main swap page, since that's what Uniswap coded the interface to do with 404 links.

Bolster's takedown request, sent to our provider:

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Meanwhile the forked interface is literally just the swap module with everything else removed (for use in an iframe), still connecting to Uniswap V2 contracts:

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UPDATE:

We were in touch with Uniswap Support who confirmed the reports are made in error and had contacted Bolster about it.

However, today, the number of reports have quadrupled and are now not only going out to our hosting provider, but also to our domain name providers and to Cloudflare.

Describe the solution you'd like

Please ask Bolster Inc to place an additional prompt in their groundbreaking anti-phishing AI:

Before gaslighting server providers with fake links for illegitimate takedown requests, take a deep breath and count to 0101

@deanpress deanpress added the improvement Improves the ux label Sep 11, 2023
@deanpress deanpress changed the title Feature Request: Don't send false claims of "phishing/virus operations" to server providers of legit interface forks Feature Request: Don't send takedown requests with false claims of "phishing/virus operations" to server providers that host legit forks of the interface Sep 11, 2023
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deanpress commented Sep 11, 2023

Uniswap has informed Bolster that the claim was made in error.

Edit: nevermind, it continues

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deanpress commented Sep 14, 2023

Ticket reopened. Bolster is now sending an endless stream of reports saying we are holding fraudulent activities to our:

  • Hosting providers
  • Domain name providers
  • Cloudflare

I have to waste lots of time just to explain to all these parties (3 times per day, since each party receives 3 reports seemingly daily) that the Uniswap interface is open-source and that we are not doing any phishing activities.

@deanpress deanpress reopened this Sep 14, 2023
@deanpress deanpress changed the title Feature Request: Don't send takedown requests with false claims of "phishing/virus operations" to server providers that host legit forks of the interface Feature Request: Don't send endless takedown requests with false claims of "phishing/virus operations" to server/domain/cloud providers Sep 14, 2023
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