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Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam

MegaLag · commentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

MegaLag investigates PayPal's Honey browser extension, showing how it swaps affiliate attribution and was promoted by large YouTube influencers. It includes technical demonstrations of the affiliate tag replacement in browser dev tools.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN treats it as top-tier investigative journalism on YouTube and the video that triggered lawsuits against Honey.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2024, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “one of the best pieces of investigative journalism I've seen on youtube”

    Investigative exposé that sparked Honey lawsuits

    aunty_helen, 2025-01 · Strong recommendation · in “uBlock Origin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey browser extension”

  2. “Good video I watched recently on how the Honey scam works”

    Explains how the Honey scam works

    smcleod, 2024-12 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: Open-source and transparent alternative to Honey”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: honey, affiliate fraud, browser extensions, paypal, influencers, investigative

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