jsolomon

Hi HN, sharing a PSA that one of the top ranked EBT (food stamps) apps in the App Store is a scam: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ebt-edge-food-stamps/id6654917839. It's trying to trick food stamp recipients into a useless and misleading $5/week App Store subscription. Presumably the developer is buying installs and ratings to increase rank.

If you have an iPhone, you can report the app here: https://reportaproblem.apple.com/store/6654917839?s=9 (you'll have to install it first).

I also wrote up a longer post if you're curious to learn more: https://jakesolomonwrites.substack.com/p/inside-a-fraudulent-ebt-app

Happy to answer questions. Thx!

Do you want to talk someone who is very different than you?

If yes, please share here or via https://goo.gl/forms/X7QeGn3BuT4Is2pt2:

- a bit about yourself

- roughly who you'd like to talk to

- if/how much you'd be willing to compensate the person for their time

- preferred medium (online chat, phone, video)

- contact info for me to get in touch with you off-thread

I'll recruit folks online and play matchmaker for this little private-AMA experiment. I'll make sure to confirm with you before making any intros.

The motivation is that many of us rarely talk to people who are very different than ourselves and this leads to lots of misunderstandings, alienation, and destructive tribal behavior on both sides. Obvious h/t to @sama's post about the election https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12728249.

Personally, I worked in social services for the last few years so had the great opportunity to peak outside my personal bubble. And not just politically...for example, about HALF of all Americans can't come up with $400 in an emergency without going into debt[1] and in my day-to-day life this ubiquitous experience is basically invisible to me.

Thanks all and looking forward to hearing what you think.

[1] https://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/2014-report-economic-well-being-us-households-201505.pdf