Amitt Mahajan
@amitt
Are any web3 builders here open sourcing their UI/Frontend layers? The pro open-sourcing case seems aligned philosophically and for ecosystem development but the potential security / phishing issues are a strong deterrent. (Just Google a famous dapp to see the phishing site ads)
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carlosdp.eth
@carlosdp
Not open-sourcing does nothing to prevent phishing attacks... The very nature of the web means it's trivial to copy/paste/modify any frontend code, regardless of it being obscured/minified. Personally, I think not open-sourcing in web3 is a bigger risk.
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Amitt Mahajan
@amitt
this is true for the web. it's kind of like locking your door, it's not gonna stop a determined thief but def makes it less trivial to break-in. For native-code clients, it's a much larger deterrent to creating phishable builds especially on Android
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carlosdp.eth
@carlosdp
I’m not aware of any notable phishing problems with native apps given how locked down app stores are, is that a big concern? All the biggest eth mobile app wallets are open source and haven’t had that issue to my knowledge
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