FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS USE FEDCAD
“Friends don’t let Friends use defcad. Defcad’s database has been hacked and dumped on multiple occasions. They do not encrypt their data, and keep it stored unsalted – all your information is in a row. That they never disclosed and breaches is reason enough not to use the site.
They pass off unusable, untested, bogus files as if they are working projects in order to milk money out of people. Wow! A 3D printable M82? That’s so cool! Turns out it’s a low-poly videogame model, but they won’t say so until they’ve got your money. Additionally, for things that are actually tested and documented, they do not update files to latest versions – many out of date files to be found. That you can’t (or shouldn’t) trust the files you get there might be a signal not to use the site, but it gets better.
Defcad can, and has, doxxed developer information to antigunners. They did this with only the slightest pressure, and made no serious attempt to obfuscate. They then attempted to blackmail myself and others with our personal information in an attempt to force money out of us – to support a lawsuit where defcad was getting sued, and myself and such others were not. Certainly shady for a company that claims that it only collect money from users so that it can fight lawsuits. Of course, they forget to mention that they’ll extort you and that they’ve yet to actually win a lawsuit.
And while I could go on, I’ll leave you with the notion that Defcad is wretchedly awful, should be avoided, shouldn’t be used, and should be publicly shamed. We can discuss its founder having paid a 16 year old for sex and other outstanding things that your money will be used for if you give it to them another time!” – @NavigoBoom
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