alt Hacker NewsI'm partly to blame. I accidentally ran an illegal unregulated money transference service over Google Play.
It let users cash out their Google Play Credits for real cash, which I automatically wired them.
Someone then hacked in to a major bookstore chain, stole piles of Google Play Gift cards, activated them using their access, and used my app to get cash for them.
Luckily, the whole thing blew up on me before I got in serious trouble, rightfully so, and the app was removed by Google, then an investigation followed. A ton of copycat apps popped up immediately after, then a few months months later Google announced their app review process.
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> It let users cash out their Google Play Credits for real cash, which I automatically wired them.
I really want to know what the intended design or use case was for this? This is why people usually only let you turn credits into in app balances right
How did you "accidentally" do something that was so obviously not allowed?
I love how casually you're dropping this incredible piece of internet lore as if somebody asked you how's the weather.