Posts by odr_k4tana@infosec.exchange
 (DIR) Post #AlrB1ekfftaJEFIdOq by odr_k4tana@infosec.exchange
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       Since I'm reading a lot of intros in my feed, let me add my own.I'm Oliver D. Reithmaier, a HCI researcher working towards my PhD at Leibniz University in Hanover, Germany. I am a Social Psychologist by training and specialized heavily on Psychology of IT Security during my Masters. After some experience in the Infosec consulting world, I found that private business is kinda not for me (at least rn) and I wanted to do research again. So I joined the academic realm.I work at the Usable Security and Privacy Group of Prof. Markus Dürmuth and do work about social engineering, specifically email phishing, and its mitigation strategies for large-scale orgs. I'm also interested in knowledge aspects related to cybersecurity: How accurate is self-reported knowledge, how does it translate to self-efficacy etc. Also I'm a sucker for stats and like to educate and support people in my field with anything related to that, since apparently HCI isn't too firm when it comes to that topic. On a personal note I enjoy cooking, DIY, cocktails, writing poetry, making and spinning music, gaming, documentaries/podcasts, thinking about stuff and many more things. I just love learning, I guess. Anyways, here's to a bright future on the elephant network. If you have any questions, wanna work with me, talk or tease, hit me up! I am looking forward to your message!I will post in English, German and (rarely) Japanese. German and Japanese posts are usually locally focused in their respective nations (politics, culture, business). If that is not relevant to you, you can mute those languages in Mastodon preferences (Preferences -> Other) so they don't show up in your timeline.I tend to have strong opinions about topics. If that makes you uncomfortable, you can either unfollow me or (and I like this better) fire back at me with facts or counter-proposals. I enjoy a spirited discussion.Since my family name is hard to pronounce for non-German speakers, here's the next best thing: English: [Right - mayor]日本語: ライトマヤNederlands: Rijtmaijer
       
 (DIR) Post #AlrB1g4YlR5VKDc22S by odr_k4tana@infosec.exchange
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       @gcluley The underlying problem is that Janet has integrated this relationship into her personal identity. Anything you say against the relationship being real is seen as an attack on herself, and thus denied. You cannot convince her with facts anymore. There is something that could work, but I'm not sure whether it's ethical to do - it's a bit manipulative and not a surefire thing. I assume Janet has never been on a video call with the guy.Here's what I have in mind. First, Debbie can pose  a question, then a prediction coupled with some sort of ultimatum: "Jason loves you, right?" (Expect the yes) -> "I think he's lying. If he really loves you, he will get on a video call with you and tell you so. But I think no matter how many times you try, he will always make up some flimsy excuse. If he loves you, it surely wouldn't be too much to ask to tell you over video, would it?".Record this, and wait for her to try her ass off to get that. After a while, check in and remind her of this, mentioning the recording (works well with audio messages in a messenger or whatever, to keep it casual). Give emotional support and tell her to break it off, if he's not even committing to that.This _might_ work. She needs to realize that the other side isn't emotionally reciprocating. That's the only way (that I can think of) that she can get out of that headspace, because then the reason to break it off would be him being an asshole, not her being gullible or whatever. Don't try to bring sense or rationale into this. It's past that point.If you want to discuss this further, my DMs are open.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ax5q8mGh75bIgKEMCm by odr_k4tana@infosec.exchange
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       Hey @Tutanota, I created an email (free tier) on Sunday and it says I need to wait for "manual approval". What is this? I'd really love to use that email.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ax5r5npcwaeocFiQ9Q by odr_k4tana@infosec.exchange
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       @Tutanota it has been approved! Thank you!