Technology that works or doesn't

[Darth Fluffy 323]

18 minutes ago, mlooney said:

All of these  were caught by gmail's spam filters.  I hate to suggest a Google product, other than search (with a good ad blocker) but gmail works really well, particularly if you spend some time making folders and filters.

I concur, I use Gmail.

I use Duck, Duck, Go for searches on my home system.

[mlooney 3,525]

I just got a fairly good phishing scam email, from what appeared to be DropBox, showing that I had deleted 17,000ish files, and link to see them.  I followed the link and there were tons of jpg's with names that don't fit any of my naming schemes.  I backed out and went to DropBox via the their URL and checked deleted files. Sure enough files, dating back to 2023, that I know I deleted.  Weird. Wonder what would have happened if I choose to undelete those jpegs.  I'll never know.

[mlooney 3,525]

24 minutes ago, Darth Fluffy said:

I concur, I use Gmail.

I use Duck, Duck, Go for searches on my home system.

I uses Duck, Duck, Go and Yandex for some special searches (OK, nudes) that google images doesn't seem to do as well on.

[mlooney 3,525]

3 minutes ago, mlooney said:

I just got a fairly good phishing scam email, from what appeared to be DropBox, showing that I had deleted 17,000ish files, and link to see them.  I followed the link and there were tons of jpg's with names that don't fit any of my naming schemes.  I backed out and went to DropBox via the their URL and checked deleted files. Sure enough files, dating back to 2023, that I know I deleted.  Weird. Wonder what would have happened if I choose to undelete those jpegs.  I'll never know.

It should have been a tip off that the dropbox url from the scam had a long string of hex digits instead of my account name, which dropbox normally has. I plead not enough caffeine yet.

[mlooney 3,525]

Got another "Google" virus scan spam email.  I want my "hot women in your area" spams back!

[The Old Hack 2,474]

4 hours ago, mlooney said:

All of these  were caught by gmail's spam filters.  I hate to suggest a Google product, other than search (with a good ad blocker) but gmail works really well, particularly if you spend some time making folders and filters.

I just assume that as soon as a mail pretends to be advice from a major corp, it is phishing. It's extra simple with Microsoft, I delete everything they send me anyway.

[mlooney 3,525]

Yeah, pretty much.  I did train gmail to treat anything from "linkedin" as spam.  I set up an account with them about when it started and I was sorta in the job market.  Was getting daily emails from them. Still get one or two a week.  I do check emails from Google and Dropbox, as they do show when a new computer access their service.  In the case of Dropbox, if you don't click on the "that was me" button in a couple of days they start limiting service.  Found that out the hard way.  Of course with google they use a weird 2fa as well as sending you an email.

 

[Darth Fluffy 323]

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, . . .

[mlooney 3,525]

3 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, . . .

“I’m not scared of a computer passing the Turing Test. I'm terrified of one that intentionally fails it.”

[mlooney 3,525]

As I do a dance in the end zone spiking the ball

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/08/05/first-mover-americas-bitcoin-crashes-to-50k-as-perfect-storm-hits-crypto-market/

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Derivatives traders suffered a massive leverage wipeout as prices crashed. Crypto-tracking futures recorded over $1 billion in liquidations in the past 24 hours, CoinGlass data shows.

 

[Darth Fluffy 323]

I still have trouble with "crashes to 50K", but I feel somewhat validated in my skepticism.

[The Old Hack 2,474]

The coin bit them?

[Darth Fluffy 323]

1 hour ago, The Old Hack said:

The coin bit them?

It's like being bit by no dog.

[mlooney 3,525]

[mlooney 3,525]

Starting the dance in the end zone, but not spiking the ball just yet
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-great-degeneration-is-this-the

[mlooney 3,525]

To replace the Chromebook that had keyboard issues, I got a Lenova 2-in-1 "laptop/tablet.  For an intents and purposes it's a Chromebook and a Android tablet.  I'm pleased with it so far.