Pet Fish publicly posts owner's credit card information and spends money via Nintendo Switch.

[zombienerd]

Japanese YouTuber Mutekimaru set up his pet fish to control a Nintendo switch to try to get the fish to complete Pokemon Scarlet and Violet through random chance.

The game crashed, and the fish's random motions ensured a bunch of havoc: showing the owner's credit card information, purchasing eShop credits, an avatar, and N64 Emulator, changing the account name, and triggering paypal emails.

 

 

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 Too funny: In a freak series of seemingly random events, a Switch owner's pet fish accessed his eShop account and added funds to it using his credit card. The crime was caught on video during an unsupervised live stream. Hundreds of viewers watched as the little fish stole their owner's identity while he was gone.

 

This is what one gets for connecting a payment-linked device to a non-sapient creature.  While hilarious, it did reveal his credit card info to his viewers.  The story doesn't mention if any of the viewers attempted fraud, but it wouldn't surprise me if one of them had tried.  

 

Sources

https://www.techspot.com/news/97334-pet-fish-commits-credit-card-fraud-owner-using.html

 

Video from original creator:

 

[rcmaehl]

This whole situation is very fishy.

[Radium_Angel]

5 minutes ago, rcmaehl said:

This whole situation is very fishy.

Don't be koi....tell us how you really feel

[Arika]

16 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Don't be koi....tell us how you really feel

I don't give a carp

[Kisai]

1 hour ago, zombienerd said:

This is what one gets for connecting a payment-linked device to a non-sapient creature.  While hilarious, it did reveal his credit card info to his viewers.  The story doesn't mention if any of the viewers attempted fraud, but it wouldn't surprise me if one of them had tried.  

 

Never, EVER, leave a stream running unmonitored. At the barest minimum, have at least two moderators watching. The last thing you need is for the channel to get banned because something on stream or in chat jumps the shark.

[zombienerd]

7 minutes ago, Kisai said:

Never, EVER, leave a stream running unmonitored. At the barest minimum, have at least two moderators watching. The last thing you need is for the channel to get banned because something on stream or in chat jumps the shark.

Imagine if the fish managed to open a browser and started viewing adult content live on stream.  That would have been hilarious and horrible at the same time.

[Radium_Angel]

10 minutes ago, Kisai said:

Never, EVER, leave a stream running unmonitored. At the barest minimum, have at least two moderators watching. The last thing you need is for the channel to get banned because something on stream or in chat jumps the shark.

I sea what you did there

[Brooksie359]

I am so confused as to how the fish was controlling things. I mean I know it's through movements but how in the world does it's movements end up being interpreted in such a way that it ended up showing their credit card info. 

[zombienerd]

6 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

I am so confused as to how the fish was controlling things. I mean I know it's through movements but how in the world does it's movements end up being interpreted in such a way that it ended up showing their credit card info. 

He drew a grid on paper behind the tank.  Used a camera and some software to interpret.  Whenever a fish stopped, or turned (staying in one spot long enough) it would trigger that button push.  

The game crashed, and through random button presses opened the nintendo eshop, and showed the saved payments page.

If you watch the video you can see it happen. 

[waterfish]

Poor fish.

[Beerzerker]

17 hours ago, Kisai said:

Never, EVER, leave your fish swimming unmonitored. At the barest minimum, have at least two cats watching. The last thing you need is for the channel to get banned because something on stream or in chat jumps the shark.

I HAD to fix that for you.

[StDragon]

22 hours ago, zombienerd said:

Imagine if the fish managed to open a browser and started viewing adult content live on stream.  That would have been hilarious and horrible at the same time.

Could be worse; it could have been the cooking channel.

 

Spoiler

how to fillet a fish...

 

[zombienerd]

4 hours ago, StDragon said:

Could be worse; it could have been the cooking channel.

 

  Reveal hidden contents

how to fillet a fish...

 

Or, even worse so, mainstream media :shudder:

[Taf the Ghost]

Dear ChatGPT, write me the most 2023 Tech Headline ever.

[williamcll]

Will the Fish be charged with fraud?

[CarlBar]

3 minutes ago, williamcll said:

Will the Fish be charged with fraud?

 

And will it get sent to davy jones locker if it's convicted?

[zombienerd]

10 hours ago, williamcll said:

Will the Fish be charged with fraud?

Yes, but it will forget a few moments later.
 

[da na]

Everyone needs to clam down, it's really not as urchint as it seems. 

[zombienerd]

Made it to shorts!