UIA name squatters - is it even possible to transfer ownership of a UIA safely?

[xeroc]

IIRC there will be a transaction that can change the issuer ..
https://github.com/BitShares/web_wallet/issues/637#issuecomment-78366292
not sure though

[mdj]

Yeah at the moment it would need to be done through an exchange of private keys so yes, all funds associated with the account included. Squatters buy up names on the speculative hope that they will be tradable on the internal market someday

[monsterer]

Is it possible for the buyer of a UIA to be sure that the original owner can't just steal their UIA funds?