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Alopex 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

LB: Love that bird's voice!

Also, great fursuit potential...

https://mastodon.social/@kilorat/115436852062472160

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Pippin 3 months ago friendica

I'm a sucker for characters like this. Awkward, adorable absolute nerds trying their hardest to live their very best life, like Luca. I love him.

The title character in "Luca", wearing a diving suit and cowering behind the helmet just before he puts it on.

Pippin 2 months ago friendica

I watched Elio last night, and realised I was going to like the title character the instant the film started and we see him hiding under the table in the cafeteria. Also, Glordon is cute… at least for an alien that looks like a slug with rows and rows of huge teeth.

Pippin 3 months ago friendica

I meant to get Kelsey out and about a bit for Halloween, or at least able to answer the door to trick-or-treaters, but nope, I'm just too exhausted and grumpy to do anything useful today. My dad apparently gave sweets to three kids in Halloween costumes who turned up at the door with their parents, so at least something happened. Weather's pretty horrible though.

Furo 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Happened way too many times

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Gulli 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

every fucking time. I remember staring into the teachers eyes, silently asking for help, while getting punched over and over. He did nothing. Then I punched back and got immediately thrown out of school for the day. I also remember yelling and shooting at him. He just smiled.

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Takios 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Exactly how it is...

Takiro 🎨 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Apparently it was my own fault for me to have a foreign name.

Xoa Gray 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

When I was a kid, I could just walk outside. There were no cameras, there was no smartphone betraying my every move, there was nothing but me, the breeze, and the quiet of the countryside as I walked.
Most of us will never know how that feels ever again. To be truly outside the reach of the constant surveillance state we now live in. I feel so bad for the people that will never experience real privacy, those who will never be able to truly "get away from it all". But we're already past that point for the majority of people, at least in the U.S., and increasingly in other countries.

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Chris Geoghooligan ✊ 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I was lamenting about this very thing to my wife last night. There is nowhere to go to really escape for a while. I wander around our yard and garden sometimes to distract myself, but it’s really only temporary.

Xoa Gray 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I will not be able to unsee this the next time I see someone with a maned wolf character.

By Making-friendos on Tumblr.

A four legged cartoony maned wolf in a giraffe suit. They’re standing side long to the viewer, looking at them. The giraffe suit covers from their ankles to their neck, with just their feet, head, and tail sticking out. There’s a little pair of giraffe antlers on their head.

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Phil M0OFX 3 months ago • hometown (AP)

The only valid answer to "Don't you know who I AM?!" is "Oh no, have you forgotten? I'll call a doctor - you must have hit your head very hard!"

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Ysengrin Blackpaw 🔜 AnthrOhio 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I like watching protogen.

Taken at WPAFW 2024 (last year)

🐺: Yiv (@yivishta.bsky.social)
📷: @arcticwindphoto (twitter)

#FursuitFriday #WPAFW2024 #Protogen #Werewolf

Standing yellow protogen with a brown and grey werewolf watching, with a mixed furry crowd behind them.

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DarkRat 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

beep!

a grey and yellow protogen fursuit with a damaged visor, holding a ram stick and looking at the camera

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Ysengrin Blackpaw 🔜 AnthrOhio 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@darkrat beep!

@DarkRat

❤️ 🐾 Ember Darkpaw 🐾❤️ 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/skMxq2S-NjM

One look, give'em whiplash ✨

WannaBeast Performance VideoPart 1 “Whiplash” is officially out! 🔥#kpopdancecover #毛毛 #獸裝舞蹈 #furry #fursuit #fursuitdance #毛毛舞蹈 #aespa #에스파 #æspa #aespaWhip...

^YouTube

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Doran Eirok ΘΔ 🫐🐾 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Dorey mk.2 is complete and on the way to their new home with me!!!! Oh my goodness oh my gosh.

Amazing work by epic fursuit maker @selkiesuits
#FursuitFriday

A blue dragon fursuit, the newly completed Doran version 2 by Selkie Suits

#fursuitfriday @Selkie Suits

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🩵 Bwee the Fluffdragon 🩵 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

This is one of the two cutest fursuits in existence and stars I love it!!!! You are gonna be so YOU in it!!! 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵

Doran Eirok ΘΔ 🫐🐾 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@Bwee I am! It's so perfect and I can't wait to put that fur on and feel even more like myself than ever before. ^^

@🩵 Bwee the Fluffdragon 🩵

Obscura, Cheetah 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Just hanging around waiting for Halloween! 🦇 #FursuitFriday

Photo of Kofi bat in fursuit partial and kigu upside down with his handpaws raised above (below?) his head

#fursuitfriday

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Spud 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

*hands melon*

Obscura, Cheetah 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@spud Yum!

@Spud

Furo 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Don't mind me, just biting @/Foxyeen
📷: @/Anodim13

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Nev :3 :nev_owo: 🔜 NextCon 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

The sun is shining in your eyes on this #fursuitfriday
ft. Nobu + Ecky
📸 - decaf

#fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #mascot #furry #furries #furryfandom #fursuitphotography #foxfursuit #costume #cosplay

3 fursuiters leaning on a railing during the golden hour

#furry #fursuit #fursuitfriday #fursuiter #furries #fursuiting #furryfandom #cosplay #mascot #FoxFursuit #fursuitphotography #costume

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Keys 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

#fursuitfriday at core element !

#fursuitfriday

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Josh 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

omg amazing! 🌈

Ret 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Happy Fursuit Friday, everybody.

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sirlan <( it birfday ) 3 months ago • sharkey (AP)

screw 64 bit, when we getting 69 bit

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Aatheus 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Have any of you ever flown commercially in #latex ? I have been tempted, but have concerns re: overheating or setting off someone's allergy

I know that https://www.instagram.com/tight_connection/ does so frequently. Getting a custom catsuit for where you are flying? So neat

Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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#latex

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Pippin 3 months ago friendica

It's nice when Microsoft has a huge huge HUGE outage and the only way it impacts me is that I can't play some minecraft when I decide to take a break. Looks like you can't even start the game to play in single-player when Azure's broken. Lovely.

(Maybe disconnecting the machine from the internet would let me start it in offline mode, but I have a whole bunch of SSH sessions open that I don't want to break… 🤷)

CheRosach 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

From Private Eye

Minority representation on TV causes outrage There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel minorities on television. Farage is on Question Time Said one angry viewer, "She's more than Fiona Bruce." right. Every time you turn on "I'm not prejudiced. Some of the telly there's another Reform my best friends are swivel-eyed MP being interviewed by Laura loons, but enough is enough. Kuenssberg." She added, "I respect their There are too many people with angry red faces on television."

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@FourQ ♿ 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Suggested edit to the Alt-text

There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television.

Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg."

She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question ...

Debbie 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

thank you for sharing I needed a bit of a laugh.

ℛ𝑜𝒷 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Absolute perfection from Private Eye as all of us, satirically minded-sarcastic British bastards come to expect!

Benny Brzęczyszczykiewicz 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Pure magic. I didn't know where it was going and then... BAM! Superb.

Silk_Flame (she/her) 😷 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

🤣

xinit ☕ / 🗑‍🔥 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

'Swivel-eyed loons' is pure poetry.

Q ✨ 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

happy azure down day for all those who celebrate

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551724 (Δ | aka. maya) :v_tb: :v_saph: 3 months ago • sharkey (AP)

and no one on fedi noticed :3

Q ✨ 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@maya hash tag fedi block instance is hosted on Azure

@551724 (Δ | aka. maya) :v_tb: :v_saph:

Furo 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I guess I'll keep it to myself

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Gauss :wlf: 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

kinkshaming

kinkenabling

Felixilef 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Yeah, happens to me quite regularly.

Tryst 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪 :ms_asexual_flag: :ms_cat_grin: 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

The corrosive nature of large language models on human knowledge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN9wnPvU0

AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet

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^YouTube

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Nev :3 :nev_owo: 🔜 NextCon 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Sliding down into your DMs

📸 - @coastalkangaroo

#fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #mascot #furry #furries #furryfandom #fursuitphotography #foxfursuit #costume #cosplay

#furry #fursuit #fursuiter #furries #fursuiting #furryfandom #cosplay #mascot #FoxFursuit #fursuitphotography #costume

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食 Shoku the Umbreon 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

muzzle first eh?

Nev :3 :nev_owo: 🔜 NextCon 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@TheMNWolf yeah gotta see where I’m going

@食 Shoku the Umbreon

Xoa Gray 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

When it's quiet

I can hear him

The monster in my head.

Quietly

inside of me

as I lie awake in bed.

"Let me out, let me out”

It's all he's ever said.

I fear for what will happen

on the day I wake up dead.

#justmonsterthings #halloweenmusings

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Gneech, Jingling All the Way 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Today is a good day to go through the OS of your machines and any browsers you may use and turn off all that AI crap.

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Pippin 3 months ago friendica

– My brother's a spirit, and if it wasn't for him, I… I wouldn't be here.

– You have a brother up there? What happened to him?

– He was killed by a b— by a monster.

– What's your brother's name?

– Sitka.

– Thanks, Sitka. If it weren't for you, I would have never met Kenai. I always wanted a brother.

Me too, Koda. Me too…

– I have a story to tell you.

– Really? What's it about?

– Well, it's kind of about a man… and kind of about a bear. But mostly, it's about a monster.

sirlan <( it birfday ) 3 months ago • sharkey (AP)

"trick or treat" implies you can give the treat and still get the trick, as opposed to "trick xor treat"

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Xoa Gray 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

If this ain't a mood, I don't know what is.

A sign that reads “Give me coffee to change the things I can, and weed to accept those that I cannot.”

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Furo 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Drink with moderation

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Alopex 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Heh. Now I want to go to a bar wearing a T-shirt that reads:

"Hi! My name's Moderation. Come drink with me."

Obscura, Cheetah 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Kofi has some great advice for #FursuitFriday - always hug the smol chee! ❤

Fursuit photo of Kofi bat holding and hugging a small cheetah plushie that is wearing goggles on their forehead

#fursuitfriday

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Dune (1987), but regular time 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

awww 😻🥹

Pippin 3 months ago friendica

So dark so early. Hello, winter timezone.

…

"What must it be like to have nothing, not even memories to visit in the middle of the night?"

(But, on the other hand…

"Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw!"

and…

"Don't worry, is all part of plan. We are professionals! …Hey, get that out of your mouth!")

Pippin 3 months ago friendica

For some reason my brain is today fixated on the Futurama news monster saying that everyone's "titty much protally fit-shased".

Oh Morbo.

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TK Wolf - Extra Life Nov 15-16 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Furs For Life's charity marathon stream is Nov 15-16, for Extra Life and the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals!

✨Please help us spread the word, for the kids!✨

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4ox9HTzpFA

Support at: https://www.extra-life.org/participant/FFLSeattle

Follow our Twitch so you don't miss it: https://www.twitch.tv/FFLSeattle

Furs For Life Marathon! Nov 15-16!

Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/FFLSeattleDonate and Support: https://www.extra-life.org/participant/FFLSeattleGames & Events: https://horaro.org/fflseattle/sc...

^YouTube

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Tufty Indigo 🪗 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Content warning: gender politics

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Ysengrin Blackpaw 🔜 AnthrOhio 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Ysengrin (as Silvermane) back in 1999 posing with a Yautja.

#WerewolfWednesday #Werewolf #Fursuit #Yautja #Predator

Grey werewolf (Ysengrin as Silvermane) and a Yautja (Predator) posing for the camera.

#fursuit #werewolf #werewolfwednesday #yautja #predator

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Keys 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I drank too much at LondonFurs and forgot all the songs I knew so had to make it up on the spot lol

📸 @jamiethemagpie.bsky.social

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Xoa Gray 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@pippin Impromptu accordion jam, that's something you don't see every day. ;)

@Pippin

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Got a call with Caller ID saying it's from my Credit Union.

They told me there was an account breach. In a very Indian accent.

I asked if it was a breach or an incident.

He told me it was a breach.

I asked what of my data had been exfiltrated.

He said third parties had access to all of my personal info and that they needed to verify some of my information before resuming with the disclosures.

I told him I would call my credit union back to make sure there was a legit problem.

"Sir, you must read the caller ID, we are from your credit union!"

Yeah, Caller ID can be spoofed. Both number and name. AAMOF, I have an app I've done it with as a prank.

<click>

Just remember, folks, Caller ID name and number CAN be spoofed. Always tell someone who claims to be from a financial institution that you'll call them back.

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LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@mkj Yeah, it's like, "If all of my info is available to third parties, then I could just be a third party with access, right?" ;)

@mkj

Trash Panda 3 months ago • sharkey (AP)

How does it work?
I wanna do it as a prank to my colleagues too :3c

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@raccoon I haven't used them in years, so you'd have to look into them.

But I've used it to show folks who were lax on security just how easy it is to get past their walls.

I called them using our boss's # spoofed, which showed on their phone, with his photo, since he was a known contact.

Then they looked at me as if I was some sort of magician.

Fam, this is some script kiddy type stuff.

@Trash Panda

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@mkj I have a preferred name with my FCU.

IF they need to call me (rarely, because they just text) or when I call, they call me by my preferred, not legal name.

This guy called, mispronouncing my legal name.

Sus right off the bat.

But to someone who doesn't know any of this, they could've easily given out PII.

@mkj

Fluffviech ™️:mow: :snowmow: 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

"yes, hello, this is peter from the microsofts, i want to cancel your norton antivirus via paypal!" ....

yeah, i always call back under a legit (known!) number, if anyone comes around with something regarding personal data. even if it seems legit, scammers dont sleep and have advanced too.... so you always have to be on the lookout.

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@mkj Yeah, it sucks. One of the things these folks like to do is say, "We need you to provide us with your 2FA code so we may access your account." I've heard horror stories of people falling for that one.

That's just a cue for me to change my password on whichever site that may be.

And I tell them, "Oh, I need to change my login password? Doing so right now. Thanks, chief!"

@mkj

mkj 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I did look up the number afterwards, at it belonged to some poor ~70yo individual a third of the country away. I actually did end up calling the police (on their official number) and asked if there was any point to reporting it as an attempted crime. Person who happened to take my call said essentially "nothing really happened, so no".

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@rickf It absolutely will. Adversaries realize there's a low barrier to entry with the average individual when it comes to security, and social engineering is easier, every day of the week, than researching, finding, and implementing novel exploits for technical weaknesses in systems.

@rickf

MarkAssPandi 3 months ago • iceshrimp.net (AP)

I actually like that I recently got a call from a bank
and to verify they sent me a request to the mobile app to verify both that I am who I claim I am and also so they can verify that they are who they claim they are.
I generally dislike banks having mobile apps but I got to admit that's pretty cool.

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@MarkAssPandi Some are better than others. And you can tell the ones that treat security as a first class citizen vs. those who see it as a necessary evil in their implementation as well as their adoption at all touch points.

@MarkAssPandi

mkj 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@MarkAssPandi Counterpoint: How do you know that the in-app verification request is tied to the actual, specific call you're on?

@LeoBurr

@LeoBurr @MarkAssPandi

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MarkAssPandi 3 months ago • iceshrimp.net (AP)

It had name of the consultant and their like worker ID

mkj 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@MarkAssPandi That sounds reasonable enough at a glance. I've heard of cases where it's been just a "are you talking to us at <name of bank>?" yes / no. In which case you can be talking to someone who's next to another person who's talking to the bank, and that *other* person was just asked to "please confirm in the app that we're talking to you".

@LeoBurr

@LeoBurr @MarkAssPandi

MarkAssPandi 3 months ago • iceshrimp.net (AP)

Hm
Fair point
However, in this case verification also had information about if it was an outgoing or incoming call, aka if bank called you, or you called bank
but yeah good point it's always best to be cautions and just call the bank yourself (tho it's also best to verify for sure if that's correct number, I remember case where google AI search shown an scam number which is WILD)

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@MarkAssPandi @mkj I've seen Google report scammer numbers as being valid for MS or Google. Scary shit.

@mkj @MarkAssPandi

Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri🌹🦀 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

had something like this where they claimed to be from Google Legal and that someone had filed a death certificate against my account to gain access

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@bascule I would've asked how I died. :)

@Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri🌹🦀

Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri🌹🦀 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

they said they couldn't tell me anything more until they verified my identity then sent me some super sketchy OAuth shit to do an ATO

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@bascule I would've insisted. "No wait, before I give you the keys to my kingdom, I need to know how I died. Was it gnarly?" :D

@Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri🌹🦀

Duckbilled Plattypus. 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I am an old lady. I got a call from "Microsoft Tech Services" saying my email was breached, they were calling to assist, I said "Which email address?" They couldn't tell me. I said "Try harder. When you can tell me, we can talk."

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@pattykimura My mother tells everyone to call "her son", stating that I am a tech professional and have financial power of attorney and she defers all tech/financial calls to me.

I've yet to get a single call.

@Duckbilled Plattypus.

Sjujeniken 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I like to say "That's the final straw, I'm killing myself." and hang up.

satire 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Well now what am I going to do with all these surplus gift cards?

#scam #scammers #CallerID #CreditUnion #breach

#breach #scam #scammers #callerid #creditunion

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@satire I've had calls where I just reply, "How about I just go down to Walgreens and get you some Amazon gift cards?

It always results in a disconnect.

@satire

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@SteveInVentura If you're going to script kiddy someone, at least learn to use the tool. :P

@Steve in Ventura

Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I thought this scam only happened here in Brazil

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@lffontenelle Ohhh no. Nonononono.

@Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle

Scarlet Phoenix Collective 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I ddid that with comcasst. Because they said I hhad to ppay for their discount. Needless to say when the spoffer called back, I told them that comcast never hadd us payy to keep a sdiscount. I hung up after.

(Nor does comcast ask for the information they were wanting (Passwordd, etc), so there's that, too.)

Kerplunk 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Got a call with Caller ID saying it's from my Credit Union.

Just remember, folks, Caller ID name and number CAN be spoofed. Always tell someone who claims to be from a financial institution that you'll call them back.

Please play confused and Waste as much of their time as possible before promising them something unfriendly.

Never ever confirm information, if they have any it can help you to decide which,
if any, changes are needed.

Richard Bairwell 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

My "go to" test is to give them a fake name: if they accept it and carry on - 100% fake and I can have some fun wasting their time. If not, I apologise and say I'll call them back on their official number for security .

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@rbairwell I have a "preferred" name at most financial institutions that isn't my legal name. If someone calls me by my legal name, claiming to be from an institution I do business with, they're immediately sus.

@Richard Bairwell

Gabriel Pires 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

There’s a feature in iOS 26 where the AI assistant can answer calls from unknown numbers automatically and ask the caller to identify themselves, your phone doesn’t even ring or vibrate while this is all happening. I haven’t received a SINGLE scam or telemarketing call ever since this came out, I hope more phone manufacturers start rolling this out and enabling it by default to drive these scum off business for good.

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LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Yup - I use it. I got this call while using IOS 26. Caller ID showed my Credit Union, and they identified themselves as being from my credit union. This is more of a convenience feature. I believe the fact that it's reduced your scam calls is coincidental; that's not the real intention of this feature.

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Darwin Woodka 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

scam

Victor Westerhuis 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@ZenHeathen @mkj That's why when I worked in customer support for a bank, we could only do things to make an account safer by phone. For instance, we could block cards, but not unblock them. Deregister apps or tokens, but not register or unblock them. We could send a new card, but only to the address on file and if the address had not been changes for the past 14 days.
We could help customers do other things themselves through the app or the website, but when there was no way for them to login or register themselves because of losing all ways to login, we had to send them to an actual office.

@mkj @ZenHeathen :canada:

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@viccie30 @ZenHeathen @mkj You mean you wouldn't help them find nearby drug stores and buy Amazon and Apple gift cards? ;)

@mkj @ZenHeathen :canada: @viccie30

trainguyrom 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I recently had some scammers do similar. They spoofed my credit union's number and called claiming to be from [correct bank name's] fraud department looking to verify some transactions (and I had just been making some unusual transactions so I wouldn't have been shocked if they did actually want to verify those transactions with me) but they immediately asked for my social security number which I found odd so I said I'd call back directly. Confirmed by calling the bank directly that it was in fact scammers spoofing their number. It was very telling when they did not want me to hang up and call back of course.

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@viccie30 @ZenHeathen @mkj Our local CVS has warnings on the gift cards kiosk about scams. It's that common now.

@mkj @ZenHeathen :canada: @Victor Westerhuis

Victor Westerhuis 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@ZenHeathen @mkj I have, however, talked plenty of people out of falling for scams like that 😅
Or sometimes they called, mad that our fraud department had stopped them from sending money to their totally real Hollywood actor friend on Facebook who was just a bit strapped for cash.

@mkj @ZenHeathen :canada:

Karen E. Lund 💙💛 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I've gotten telemarketing calls that showed up in Caller ID as a local cemetery; I had fun with that one. Also got calls that faked our own telephone number.

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@Karen5Lund Local cemetery? "I ain't dead yet! Please call back in, uh, 30-40 years. Appreciate the proactivity!"

@Karen E. Lund 💙💛

Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈ 🐸 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I got a call like that once, and when I said I needed to check with my credit union, the man said, "No problem" and gave me a case number.

Turned out to be legit.

If they protest when you ask to check, they aren't legit.

ArchaeoIain 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

better still, only conduct financial business with those who do not do so over the phone

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@ArchaeoIain At least those who don't initiate over the phone. There are legitimate reasons for calling in. Especially if a site is down.

@ArchaeoIain

Mx Amber Alex (she/it) 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

all of your info had been leaked, and that's why they needed to verify some info.

lol. wee bit contradictory innit

MizGanzer 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Your mistake was answering the phone 🤓

Estarriol, Terrorist Dragon 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

see also law enforcement etc....

Kathmandu 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Thank you for the PSA.

I want to add: AND THEN YOU CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR STATEMENT OR THAT YOU ALREADY HAD SAVED IN CONTACTS.

DO NOT PUSH REDIAL. DO NOT CALL THE NUMBER THAT WAS ON CALLER ID.

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@Kathmandu Yup! The funny thing is, the number they used via Caller ID was actually the correct number to my Credit Union.

@Kathmandu

Michael Vilain 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

If I see my bank is calling me, I don't answer. If it's not a scammer, it some marketing person who's calling to see if they can sell me more annuities or securities. Allowing banks to sell securities was a mistake.

Duckquil 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I just learned the other day all you need is Google Voice to spoof a phone number. The only way to report it is to know the Google account email associated with it. Its not even about availability of tech and knowledge on how to use it.

RootWyrm 🇺🇦:progress: 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

but SHAKEN/STIR will totally fix this hell that SIP introduced!

</ALL THE FUCKING SARCASM>

Parttimesailor 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@mkj is that like having a safe word? 😂

@mkj

Parttimesailor 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

yeah, the DOJ called me a few weeks ago with a threat to prosecute me. The caller was indignant when I wouldn’t play along.

mkj 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@JCBlubaugh I don't think so. A safe word is one for use when you want someone to stop, isn't it? This is one you'd want the other to use when they start. Total opposites.

@LeoBurr

@LeoBurr @Parttimesailor

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@mkj @JCBlubaugh

@mkj @Parttimesailor

Fish Id Wardrobe ⁂ 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

before banks in the UK figured this out it was pretty funny.

[mobile rings] them: "hi I'm with $bank. before we proceed I need you to answer some security questions."

me: "err, no. you know who I am. *you* called *me*. ***I*** don't know who ***you*** are."

Kensan_Oni 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I mean, if you are legit, then you should have no problem with me calling back from the known customer service line, right? Right?!?

The Turtle 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

i used to know the correct pronunciation of whatever Hindi phrase essentially means "your mom licks a donkey's ass."

Apparently they don't like that.

RowinSpeez 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I once had a call show up as being spoofed from my own goddamned phone number. Absolutely wild shit.

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@RowinSpeez They aren’t great at using the shit tools they buy.

@RowinSpeez

Longspeak 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I had one of those last year. Very convincing, even the right financial institution. I hung up and called my financial institution, and yep it was BS.

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@Longspeak Yup. Same.

@Longspeak

Chantaru 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I have done it because I though a supplier was purposefully ignoring me. I called from "inside" of their company and they answered. 😂

eswillwalker 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Hubby got a phone call purporting to be from his credit union. As he answered, they stated, “This is the XXX fraud detection office. Is this Mr. XXX XXX?” My husband answered, “No and I don’t want to talk to you and hung up.” He gets these calls often and commented that the accent of the caller was always the same. It’s probably the same caller each time.

Domestic Supply :verified: 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

The same applies to texts. Don't follow links in texts you weren't expecting. We all know that, but let's be sure to remind our less tech savvy relatives.

Herbie Allen 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I never talk to them and a practice i recommend for everyone, especially in these days of voice cloning. You never know how your voice will be used, or what you might uninentionally give away.

UserName Aged Badly 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

We train old people to give away their personal information.
Their doctor calls and immediately asks for personal information over the phone. If you ask them if they feel responsible, they will get offended.

Menno 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Yup got a similar call here in the Netherlands. They had "done their homework", because they knew my name and the last 3 digits of my account. Probably stolen from some shitty webshop.
Dude even said I can't call my bank, because the general staff doesn't know about his department.
Their story was I had to transfer all my money to a safe account so the bad guys can't get it.
I kept him taking as long as I could, knowing he was full of it, but just gave up when I had actual work to do.

Xoa Gray 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

This is a really solid way to handle these calls. I like it.

DeltaWye 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@mkj @JCBlubaugh

Access main program (beeeeep)

Access main security (beeeeeep)

Access main program grid (beeeeeep)

@mkj @Parttimesailor

oshy 3 months ago • akkoma (AP)

Just a heads up to never even pick up these kinds of calls, even just picking up, they are getting you in on their scam because now they know your number is active and they sell active numbers to other scammers and phone botters

LeoBurr 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@oshy The number was actually my credit union’s, and Caller ID stated it as such. You missed that part.

@oshy

Ret 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

KEENE: Things look rather bad, sir. What are we going to do?
SIDNEY: "Do" captain!? We're British. We won't do anything.
SHORTHOUSE: Until it's too late.
SIDNEY: Precisely. That's the first sensible thing you've said today.
SHORTHOUSE: Thank you, sir.
SIDNEY: No, gentlemen. As always, we will carry on as if nothing were going to happen.

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Nev :3 :nev_owo: 🔜 NextCon 3 months ago • mastodon (AP)

It’s been 6 months since I got the phone call that changed a lot of things in my life. I might have been sent to a really low place in the aftermath but I have grown and processed past trauma and still continue to do so for my future, whether people join me or not.

📸 - Ryker

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Pippin 3 months ago friendica

I don't know what the phone call was, but I hope things are okay. *hug*

(Resharing for the photo, not the text.)

Pippin 3 months ago friendica

Hurrah. I think I've established that the spare RAM I have sitting in a box is not compatible with the server I was planning to put it in (at least, alongside the other RAM it's already got), so that saves a job.

To be specific, the machine currently has 48GB in 6 sticks and I have another 48GB in 12 sticks, so I could have doubled its capacity without buying anything, which would be nice, but I'm pretty sure now that the current RAM is RDIMMs and the spare RAM is UDIMMs, and the machine can't have mixed DIMM types, so that's that. Someday I might grab 24×32GB off ebay and max this server out with 768GB total (or maybe cheap out and go to 24×16GB for 384GB total), but… not today!