So my cousin was here and saw a grocery receipt on the table and asked if I was using it and if he could take a picture of it, I was like what, why?
So, there is this app that pays you some cents for receipt pictures and supposedly it pays you if it finds items that have cashback… shit sounds sketchy as fuck, I saw that on their app they sell credit cards and you can invest in some crap, but what I really found disturbing is this thing about them paying you to send them all your receipts… what the fuck are they doing with that info lol
Crazy stuff, but I’m completely out of touch with cellphone things, is this crap normal??? I was quite shocked by it, and checking the company online, Méliuz, I just see stuff about it buying bitcoin.
I do this with an old phone on wifi. I don’t think it’s a huge deal. I use fetch and haven’t seen any ads or credit card offers etc. you just exchange points for gift cards. I know it’s probably harvesting some data from me, but I don’t really use that phone for much else, and I use a VPN/not my real email.
Your own wifi? Look into residential proxies. Much worse than harvesting your data.
My router is on a VPN
That’s good. I mean you’re still shooting yourself in the foot a little if you use the same vpn for your own outbound traffic. Either way, the ip reputation is damaged but at least you can turn the vpn off and use your clean IP when needed.
You should isolate that phone from other devices on LAN too. Krebs just wrote an article about hackers using res proxies to move laterally through local networks, generally to infect other vulnerable devices like TV boxes.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/the-kimwolf-botnet-is-stalking-your-local-network/