This is what the chargeback feature of credit cards is for.
MoviePass settles FTC allegations that they limited usage, exposed user data
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Crime is a social construct. edit: A poor person who steals is charged. A rich person who steals behind the facade of a company is not. We call the poor person a criminal. It's entirely divorced from an actual moral framework, but simply constructed. I was agreeing with the commenter I replied to.
So are criminal charges.
So are movies.
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#13> First, according to the FTC, MoviePass’s operators invalidated subscriber passwords while falsely claiming to have detected “suspicious activity or potential fraud” on the accounts. MoviePass's operators did this even though some of its own executives raised questions about the scheme, according to the complaint.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say the only reason the FTC was able to establish intent was because someone complained via email or text.
I try not to think about how much illegal activity like this happens all the time that is not prosecutable just because everyone with a modicum of morals was smart enough not to say anything on record.
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#14>“MoviePass and its executives went to great lengths to deny consumers access to the service they paid for while also failing to secure their personal information,” As expected.
im not sure id put MoviePass in the same category as FAANG
It’s different degrees of abuse. Moviepass committed fraud, and FAANG are not committing that kind of crime, they do engage in sketchy things. The whole ad business model is sketchy, getting people addicted to “binging” on content is questionable, Amz and its commingling issues, copying resellers, it’s terrible review system and well, social media siphoning personal data unscrupulously.... that’s not exactly stand up catagory.
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#15It appears the MoviePass master plan for world domination was inspired by the underpants gnomes of South Park[a]:
Step 1. Charge customers $10/month for unlimited passes to movie theaters
Step 2. Change passwords to prevent customers from getting their passes
Step 3. ???
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#16The government knows the executives at MoviePass committed theft, but we will not see any criminal charges filed.
Crime is a social construct. edit: A poor person who steals is charged. A rich person who steals behind the facade of a company is not. We call the poor person a criminal. It's entirely divorced from an actual moral framework, but simply constructed. I was agreeing with the commenter I replied to.
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#17Amazing. Makes me glad I signed up with PayPal.
Near the end there so many people were cancelling that if you used a credit card they would, without your consent or interaction, start your service up again. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/559352/moviepass-reinsta...
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#18> will be barred from misrepresenting their business and data security practices
Bahahahahahaha I need that lawyer
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#19> First, according to the FTC, MoviePass’s operators invalidated subscriber passwords while falsely claiming to have detected “suspicious activity or potential fraud” on the accounts. MoviePass's operators did this even though some of its own executives raised questions about the scheme, according to the complaint. I'm going to go out on a limb and say the only reason the FTC was able to establish intent was because…
Yep - i'd be surprised if even a tenth of all white-collar crime is known about.
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#20Couldn't users just go through the reset password flow or did MoviePass disable that as well? Not saying this isn't bad just trying to understand how far MoviePass went to stop users.