While it seems that it is possible that what you were doing REALLY was "for the good of mankind" and possibly completely altruistic, I believe you went about it the wrong way. Don't you think simply starting a topic here in META might have avoided the panic created? You have to admit, the PM's did sound a bit "scammy" as you put it in the title of the PM, and the results, while possibly an overreaction, wouldn't be totally unexpected.
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I received several negative trust. Okay.
I was able to get access to SPQRCoin yesterday answering "1+1" with "2". No joke. He is in DefaultTrust level 2.
greenplastic gave negative trust to me. Now he is security locked for using "5" as answer to "how old was justin in 1980?".Proof:
https://bitcointalk.org/seclog.phpSecurity questions are a joke and should be disabled. There are members using questions with a probably answer or maybe even fake questions, but "1+1" is a joke. In case of greenplastic, he did not even understand the problem. We should think of who is member of DefaultTrust.
Security lock is a good thing for sure, otherwise I would control two DefaultTrust accounts now, one of them being inactive for months. Thank god, I was not able unlocking using a fake mail. I want to see security questions disabled, option to disable email recovery per account and 2FA introduced. BCT is about large sums and does not have up-to-date security mechanisms.
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