I beat rigged giveaways with a bot

Unfair giveaways, you've probably encountered them at least once in your life. In this video I use the power of technology & code to beat them!

The most unfair type of giveaway, referral based giveaways, have a system that either gives you more points (where the more points you have, the higher your chances of winning (or in some cases even guarantee a win)) or more entries for each person you "refer" using a specific link. This is not only unfair in the context of giveaways but also rather unethical if they have no "limit" to just how much you can refer, resulting in some pretty ridiculous situations where people have 1000%+ more points than you, which is really.... bad

Because of this I went ahead and created a series of programs that automate the referral process with both a generator and verifier, both were made using python

The code for the Mail Server can [PARTIALLY] be found here:
(I redacted the parts that actually verify entries, so it can be customized how you wish)

If you read this far, thank you ^^

DISCLAIMER: This video was recorded months ago and allowed for a delay between when this was recorded and now, meaning that the company behind it; after being contacted with these issues has had more than enough time to fix any potential vulnerabilities that were partially shown in this video in a comedic educational way. All prizes were forfeited and no damage was done.

[KianBrose]

So this video took a long time to make.... Sorry about that 🤣

Ty for reading & watching!

EDIT: I did win some of the giveaways but did not claim any of the prizes due to moral implications and not doing this to win in the first place, I wanted to show just how easy it was to cheat on these (and thereby win as a consequence).

[cardonbmusic]

"Is there a moral to the story? No. I just like breaking things." is basically the exact definition of my entire coding/hacking experience

"I don't want just first place, I want the entire leaderboard"
My sides are in orbit.

[aikawamood]

I actually love this :
Goes straight to the point
Has fun while doing it
Fucks up fake giveaways
And educates us that they are rigged

[JoshuaAlvarez-rv]

I'm one of your bots that gained sentience

[Myrdrrr]

I would not mind sitting here for minutes, or even an hour, to watch this beautiful man build his bots and scam these scammers.

[fannyzero]

The fact that he did not claim any of the prizes shows how great he is

[winzyl]

The moral of this story is: when you have a giveaway make sure you have atleast a basic captcha.

[CrowInvictus]

"Actually none of this is very difficult to do... OR IS IT?" vsauce jumpscare

[AhmedAziz-nz]

"is there a moral to this story?"
"well no i just like breaking stuff"

[kissgergo]

0:51 "This is 100% legal dw about it" I love this already

[MousyTTR]

Not only did he win top place.
He also rick rolled them top tight.

[sushantpatil]

"I just like breaking stuff" at end just killed me 🤣🤣

[NbNgMOD]

Nooo this is so short, its such a masterpiece! Great job on the content :)

[sasakuropyon]

He won the most unfair contests in the most unfair way, and as I've always learned in maths, two negatives make a positive. So technically its all fair!

Btw as a computer science student myself, seeing you do those coding-black-magic so easily makes me stare in awe.

[seriousbusiness]

It felt like the story was getting better and more interesting and right at the high point it cuts off. I realized this is the point where other creators would add 20 minute pandering segment and you just cut all the crap out. Very good vid, liked

[varram]

As a programer who loves breaking shit. I completely support this. Also awesome to like minded people. Keep up the good stuff ❤

[saiftaher]

This is really high effort and deserves more reach. Cheers!

[klpkt]

"Is there a moral to the story? No... i just like breaking stuff" - made me subscribing instantly, i love it too!

[johnnylego]

This video was hilarious 😂😂😂”I love breaking stuff” 💀 What a legend. These are the fun sides of learning to code. And all the fun things that can be done with it.