Mark J. BlairMar 13
I just got an unsolicited email from a gmail address regarding a supposed sell-off of vintage computer gear, without any details, and with blind distribution. I have no intention to follow up on it, but I'm left speculating whether this is a legitimate collector sell-off or if scam emails have gotten this good at targeting niche interests.
Show threadMark J. BlairMar 13
On a related note, you've probably seen a lot of those fake order confirmation email/text scams which are intended to make the recipient panic about a large purchase they didn't make, presumably so they will contact the scammer's scam center for the next stage of the phishing scam. I just got my first phone call version of one of those, and the robocaller was even smart enough to leave a voicemail. I presume that doing this at scale has been made possible by LLM AI.
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Well, even if this call was made with old fashioned robocalling, I expect that a combination of LLM AI + voice synthesis is going to allow robocall scammers to make much more convincing targeted calls.
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Show threadMark J. BlairMar 13
I'm just so tired of of the constant flood of spams and scams. I feel like that, among other things, has burned out much of my empathy. I don't like what it says about me that if I could press a button to inflict skunk spray and herpes on the scammers who annoy me, I think I'd press it.
Show threadMark J. BlairMar 13
Hey, "Skunk Spray and Herpes" could be a cromulent band name. I wonder what their preferred genre would be?