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It's really amazing Kitboga has built something like this - he knows this space extremely well and has the knowledge to understand what it takes to protect people from getting scammed.

The $2 / mo pricing is beyond reasonable if you're trying to protect your grandparents or non-tech savvy parents from getting scammed.

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It's always nice to see a YouTuber diversifying and branching out into "real" business. And kitboga is one of the few YouTubers whose videos make an obviously net positive impact on the world, so he deserves success, and he's clearly got the promotional and technical skills to find it. Assuming this is actually "his" company (and he's not just a spokesman as some comments are implying), then best of luck to him, and I hope he's able to achieve his vision.

> knows this space extremely well

If nothing else, they sure do know the VC space: Using AI powered technology, fake virus pop-ups are identified and a warning message will be displayed. https://archive.is/5uG3f

What makes you read this as VC keyword stuffing rather than a straightforward explanation of how the product works? I assume they're using AI for content recognition and semantic analysis.

Most security products have been augmented with ML since before the current AI summer. My point was, it can also serve another purpose.

They've even made the scanning tool free and runnable from a USB drive. Very much appreciated.

Is this somehow related to kitboga? I don't see any indication that it is...

He’s in the video on the page giving a demo.

He is using his live stream today to announce Seraph, and has stated multiple times that he is very closely tied to it.

Call me a skeptic, but saying you're "very closely tied" sounds to me like he's getting paid to be their spokesperson and nothing more. It's not like he said he's a cofounder, investor, executive, designer, or any other real role in the company, he's just "very closely tied"

Honestly doesn't feel like much more than a celebrity endorsement.

Dunno, I'd rather think kitboga is actually involved. Parasocial relationship notwithstanding, he doesn't strike me as the guy to blur the line between project and brand deal.

He's literally in the video on the linked home page of the site explaining why he built the service.

Given that he is probably the single most recognizable figure in the space, and has been exclusively focused on it for many years, and additionally clearly has the technical skills and people skills to sell it,..., I really don't see a single thing that would make me doubt him being involved in some way.

Did he literally write every last line of code? Yeah I don't know but that sounds unlikely. Is it probably the case that he has some sort of financial stake in launching this, given his position and reputation? Yeah I think so. It doesn't seem remotely plausible that somebody hit him up like a week ago and offered him so much money that he'd be willing to risk the good thing he's already got going by shilling for some product he knows nothing about and has no control over. He is probably reasonably sure that he can influence the direction of the product of he is willing to place some of his own reputation on the line as it appears is happening.

Seraph Secure was completely Kit's brainchild. It was inspired by a victim he helped restore and years of scambaiting. He was a software dev before he started scambaiting so coding is a passion. He has limits so he hired a team of software engineers to help him develop it from the ground up. He also has had people from his Twitch community participate in testing and contributing ideas. The idea is to fill in the cracks that traditional blockers don't cover but to work with them. A unique feature is a guardian of an elderly or vulnerable family member will be notified with email/text alert if certain things occur on their computer. Common things from scams like downloading screen connection software, pulling up the tree command, net stat, etc not only causes a pop up warning but will notify the guardian that it is happening giving them a chance to stop the scam in real time. There's a lot more but, this is more than a celebrity endorsement.

The link now says he co-founded it, before I was just hearing "very closely tied," which to me is just really odd phrasing, it's something you say when you don't want to say very much.

Seraph Secure was Kit's idea. He hired a team and he has been working with them on it for a year. He did Alpha testing with some of his Twitch community and now opening up to the public. He is working on a Mac version, Android, and iPhone apps. After that the goal is to add more languages.

Windows only, for now. They're working on macOS and iOS versions, but they're not there yet.

I'll be interested to look at it when the macOS and iOS versions ship.

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