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Be aware of a common scam running on the internet - someone emails you with a password that you will recognize and threaten to publicly bad post things about you on social media unless you pay a ransom. The password and email come from some web site breach, such as LinkedIn. Don’t fall for it. Delete and move on. Also, take this opportunity to get a password manager and use a different password on every site/service you use. ✌️
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Jul 28, 2018 at 2:50pmWeb
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@jerry
lol yeah I remember they tried to blackmail me after the Patreon breach
Show threadBert LatamoreJul 28, 2018

@jerry Haven't seen that one yet. Thanks for the warning.

My favorite scam of the moment is the message self-identified as from Microsoft or Google (I have seen both) saying they have received strange signals from your device and believe it has been hacked. Do not fall for this. Neither Microsoft, Google, or Apple monitor every one of the 10s of thousands of devices they have out there. Delete the message and move on.

Show threadwhonose123Jul 31, 2018
@jerry bugger! you mean I could have kept all that Bitcoin???
Show threadwhonose123Jul 31, 2018
@jerry seriously though, I don't use a password manager, as having "one password to rule them all" worries me! I use a physical "card" from passwordcard.org . I write down the refs to the passwords , in a document I keep on cloud servers, using cryptomator for end to end encryption. (so when I need a password, I open cryptotmator, open the document , get the reference (like "$5") and then read the password off my laminated card that is in my wallet) sounds convoluted, but it isn't really!
Show threadJerry πŸ¦™πŸ’πŸ¦™Jul 31, 2018
@whonose123 hey, whatever works for you. As long as the passwords are unique, rock on.