<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Drak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drak@zikula.org" target="_blank">drak@zikula.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div>It just occurs to me this kind of sad story could be averted if wallets implemented a confirmation box if the fee amount seems crazy - for example, if it's >10x what the default fee should be, or if it's greater than x% of the sending amount.<br>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Most good wallets have UI's designed to be safe. Unfortunately this guy was using <a href="http://brainwallet.org">brainwallet.org</a> which is by no means a "good" wallet in that sense (it's not really even a wallet app at all)</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think most of us have expressed displeasure at the existence of this site before, and I once even asked the guy to stop running it, but he refused. It's an extremely sharp tool which makes it easy to cut yourself, except it doesn't look dangerous, it looks like ordinary software designed for ordinary people. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I don't know how to solve this. Badly designed software that looks appealing will always be a danger.</div></div></div></div>