Posts by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
(DIR) Post #AUb9Q5fJuXUpdpNdrs by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-04-09T00:58:33Z
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@J12t Big topic even for the extended messages Mastodon allows :)Probably some form of DHT with topic-->account mapping that all servers participate in. Topics could be built by hashtags, or later (when cheaper) LLM analysis.I don't have a problem about all instances knowing about all other instances - I think the problem only occurs when they depend on other instances to function themselves.I'm sure it's not as simple as I'm making it sound.
(DIR) Post #AXGCAhVuRf71hGTUXI by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-07-01T19:29:47Z
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@anderspuck Actually I feel like you can follow too many accounts. My timeline is impossible to follow because there’s no filtering. I’m hoping client side improvements will be made here, over time.
(DIR) Post #AXGCILKcnjjDDWqAkq by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-07-01T19:28:15Z
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@smy20011 @anderspuck loving Ice Cubes this end.
(DIR) Post #AXGCj0xQexx3qYi0ES by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-07-01T19:38:58Z
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@anderspuck yeah maybe it’s just my Gotta Catch Them All instinct I need to suppress.
(DIR) Post #AXWpXmCJntrUv30HuS by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-07-09T20:09:51Z
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@EU_Commission that’s the closest the Union Jack will ever get to free trade with the EU again.
(DIR) Post #AYmkEpxfFWX0OouJzE by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-16T10:15:55Z
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I’m drowning in #Mastodon posts and I follow less than 200 people. We really need client side #filtering … any client making strides on that?
(DIR) Post #AYmkPA5xFPRJjrhylM by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-16T10:20:06Z
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@anderspuck hmm … possibly … but certainly not on @IceCubesApp AFAIK
(DIR) Post #AYnYBIKynkL0xKJjpg by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-16T19:37:42Z
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@anderspuck @IceCubesApp yup use those too. But it doesn’t really cut anything out. Just serves it in chewable pieces.
(DIR) Post #AZDR9zCsnMyNlSuvPk by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-29T06:35:27Z
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I was the victim of an extremely clever card fraud/social engineering hack. Well, partly a victim since I managed to stop it. I was called by my bank, as they wanted to “verify some suspect transactions on my account”. Then things got weird…🧵
(DIR) Post #AZDRA11G3YrXNzUfZY by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-29T06:38:45Z
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I was informed that there had been a charge for £2900 on a travel booking site. As this conversation with my bank’s counter-fraud team was happening, I logged into my bank account and could see the fraudulent charge. “Was this you?” No, it definitely wasn’t me. Phew, well done for catching it. “Also, sir, there is another transaction occurring right now that seems odd - for £5900 at Marbella Boat Hire. Is this you?”
(DIR) Post #AZDRA2s7AWjl8DEObA by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-29T06:40:32Z
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Nope, that wasn’t me either.At this point, my pulse was obviously raised and I was worried what else was going on. “Ok, sir, we are going to send you a verification code, which we need you to read back to cancel the transaction”. Ok, bit odd, but yeah, let’s go and get these cancelled.
(DIR) Post #AZDRA4cwdtn6Zk9JEO by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-29T06:41:21Z
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Then a text/SMS message arrives with a six digit code. I put the call on speaker so I can read it out. And I notice something odd…
(DIR) Post #AZDRA6N49uHHz4jel6 by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-29T06:45:40Z
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The full text of the message says: “Do not share this message with anyone. To approve the purchase from Marbella Boat Hire for £5900, use code 638267”. Hold on, I say, this says “to approve the purchase”!“Ah, right, sir, we’ve had a few problems with our messaging system, so I’m not 100% sure what the message actually says. We just need the code so we can get the purchase blocked. You can ignore the start of the message”. My spider-sense is tingling, so I challenge…
(DIR) Post #AZDRA8EdEEiflUnwtE by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-29T06:48:34Z
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I can’t share this code, I say. “No, sir, that’s very smart. I’m so sorry about our messaging system being odd. Let me send you a notification inside your banking app instead”.The notification arrives and I open my banking app, thinking a hitherto red warning label is about to show me a button to cancel a transaction inside the app. But again it just says “to approve this transaction”. Now I’m starting to worry …
(DIR) Post #AZDRAA3MT6tPP7XybI by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-29T06:50:01Z
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So finally I say, look, I need to call my bank directly. This all seems a bit odd. And then, naturally (in retrospect), the guy hangs up. I call my bank. They verify that it wasn’t them.
(DIR) Post #AZDRABsRgfLj3qSHrc by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-29T06:51:18Z
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So, very cleverly, the fraudster has used their first fraudulent transaction to socially verify that they knew something only a bank could know - about transactions on my card. They used that transaction - that they themselves had done - to get me to read a 3D secure code to approve the next transaction that they also wanted to do.
(DIR) Post #AZDRADqkLxB9B9fxUe by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-29T06:53:10Z
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They were able to to do this because the first transaction had happened on a site that didn’t use 3D secure. I’m surprised this is still possible. In the end, my bank refunded the first transaction. So I haven’t lost anything. But it shows the clever tricks fraudsters will try to pull and how easy it is to be fooled by the “boiler room” trick. “IT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW - DO SOMETHING QUICK!”End 🧵
(DIR) Post #AZDnX6ihE3i4iaEBQu by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-29T07:32:35Z
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@revk I think it’s simpler than that, in this case. I don’t think this was industrial-scale fraud. I think someone has bought a list with my details and was using one to try and book themselves a holiday. It would be extremely easy to investigate for the police, but we all know (including the fraudster) that it won’t happen.
(DIR) Post #AZDnX8686Q34zYCPb6 by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-08-29T10:21:00Z
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@revk I think it’s just seen as “part of doing business” by the banks. Doubt they even report it to the police.
(DIR) Post #Ab8oOqXACtc9UsgkiG by BjornToftMadsen@social.coop
2023-10-25T21:32:41Z
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@Linux @ubuntu … and at least 0 of them will be available in the UK