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Malicious namesquatting of snaps

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Project
snapcraft (launchpad)
Number
#1804957
Type
issue
State
open
Author
~buzz--
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Current evaluation

Complaint that a user squatted the 'bitcoin' snap name and is forcing outdated, incompatible software on users. No labels, no comments, no maintainer activity in ~7.8 years. A store policy/moderation concern, not a snapcraft tool defect.

Suggested action: close not a bug

Reason: The complaint targets snap store name-squatting moderation policy, which is handled by the store team, not by the snapcraft build tool — there is no code path in this repo to fix, and grep/commit searches found no namesquatting-related work. The issue has had zero comments, no labels, and no maintainer engagement for 2837 days, and the specific 'bitcoin' snap situation is long outdated, so it should be closed as out of scope rather than kept as a bug.

Impact: 20 Quick Win: 18.0 Staleness: 100 Complexity: 10 Confidence: 75 Support Request: 50

Issue body

The user who squatted the 'bitcoin' snapname is forcing incompatible and greatly outdated software to users leading to incompatibility and lost money.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Impact: 20
Quick Win: 18.0
Staleness: 100
Complexity: 10
Confidence: 75
Support Request: 50
close not a bug Complaint that a user squatted the 'bitcoin' snap name and is forcing outdated, incompatible software on users. No labels, no comments, no maintainer activity in ~7.8 years. A store policy/moderation concern, not a snapcraft tool defect.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 98
Complexity: 30
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 10
close stale Report of malicious namesquatting on the 'bitcoin' snapname causing outdated software distribution and user harm. Unaddressed for over 7 years with no maintainer interaction.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 100
Complexity: 10
Confidence: 95
Support Request: 80
close stale Complaint regarding malicious namesquatting of the 'bitcoin' snapname, claiming it forces outdated software. The issue is over 7 years old with zero comments or maintainer interaction, indicating it is highly outdated and irrelevant.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 35
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 25
close stale Report of malicious namesquatting on the 'bitcoin' snapname causing users to receive outdated software. Unaddressed for over 7 years with zero maintainer interaction or comments.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 99
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 80
close stale Report alleging namesquatting of the 'bitcoin' snapname, claiming it forces outdated software on users. Issue has zero comments, no labels, and has been inactive for over 7 years with no maintainer engagement.

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