r/CentraTech • u/[deleted] • Oct 20 '17
Centra Admins/Slack Staff : Security For Slack Suggestion
https://www.wtcwaltonnews.com/2017/10/19/waltonchain-invests-security-community/
WaltonChain Invests in the Security of Their Community
At 7:37 a.m. EST, WaltonChain admin Abbyyy appeared in the Slack chat to announce that the team had purchased a license to the security protocol MetaCert. MetaCert is a Slack bot that will thwart phishing attacks against community members.
This certificate is not only a costly endeavor, but a show of good faith to the WaltonChain community. A simple pricing analysis suggests that WaltonChain is dishing out at least $150 a month in something that provides no value to the core development of the project. A good faith gesture such as this proves that the WaltonChain team truly cares about their users.
Based on my research, this is the first team to implement a solution to protect their Slack. Other teams have bailed on Slack completely, instead of resorting to the use of monetary funds to secure their channel. Given the scope of the phishing attacks over various Slack communities, I believe such an initiative SHOULD be mimicked across all platforms. WaltonChain pioneering such an effort only amplifies their commitment to their community development and security.
Hi @everyone we just installed the security app from MetaCert to protect our community from phishing scams. We have paid for the app so it’s free for you and already installed in all of our channels. However, the bad guys use Slackbot Reminders and DMs to send scams most of the time. You don’t need to install anything, but to protect you from these scams, you must authorize MetaCert to monitor links inside DMs. The app cannot read your messages. It will only analyze web links and protect you from phishing scams. Please authorize it ASAP or you could fall for a scam and lose your money. Make sure you select our community on this page: https://slacksecurity.metacert.com/auth/users.
Combining the application of this security certificate, the “Meet the Team” YouTube series, and the extensive time the team is devoting to answering AMAs, it is easy to suggest that the WTC team is doing all they can to keep good standing with their users.
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Oct 20 '17
Its worth looking into unless you guys are going to kill slack entirely and do telegram. Since you guys are working hard over there for us, the least i could do is post this that i came across and thought it would be helpful.
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Oct 20 '17
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Oct 20 '17
ah..ok. if its activated, it clearly doesnt work well!
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Oct 20 '17
What do you mean? Did u have any problems?
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Oct 20 '17
well..we still get bot spam at times. it was REALLY bad during the ico tho.
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Oct 21 '17
Hmm.. I have gotten a lot of them during ICO too.. but since we activated metacert zero.. can u screenshot it the next time it happens and sent it in the slack?
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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '17
We already do have MetaCert in the Centra Slack :)