Phillip Vuchetich

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Back on social media after making progress on work projects. Yay!
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Professional RoleInformatics Pharmacist
OSFreeBSD
DatabasePostgreSQL
Show threadPhillip Vuchetich1d ago

@MLE_online I'm not currently on the board of my local community theatre to know the details of any policy, but i had a small role in the Spring production. Someone used an image manipulator/generator to change posed actor photos to appear to be late 19th century paintings (approximately 8"x10" or 20 cm x 25 cm), which were hung on the wall of the set.

There is an annual fundraiser this weekend, so I'll ask if they are drafting a policy, but it is likely that there isn't an AI policy for our all-volunteer community theatre.

Show threadPhillip VuchetichMay 30
@mwl "This one weird trick that your ISP and electric company don't want you to know about"
Show threadPhillip VuchetichMay 30
@mwl a basic renter insurance policy should be about $100/ year... so yeah, they are making quite a markup.
Show threadPhillip VuchetichMay 29
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Show threadPhillip VuchetichMay 21
If anyone is interested, her resolution is to switch from MS Windows and Gmail to Apple, getting a MacBook Neo since she mostly uses an iPhone, and the pc is for office type uses. Passwords will all be reset and synced with default apple tools.
Show threadPhillip VuchetichMay 21
@kkarhan yes, but this group will need time to develop moderation and federation policies before federating. It is likely that less than 1% of members are aware of the fediverse, so initially this is a test to see if it even is worthwhile for the organization to self-host.
Phillip VuchetichMay 20
I am looking for suggestions for which fediverse server software is well suited to a state (province) size professional association with 1,000 members. Mastodon? Gotosocial? Frendica? Something else? It would likely be members-only and not federated. Ideally it could also work for group of 50+ local artists (who currently use discord) using a separate VM, of course.
Show threadPhillip VuchetichMay 20
Update: she was able to change her password at 4 am (about 12 hours after calling me). Plan is to leave computer off until I can reinstall windows. Switching operating system is not a likely option, but I'll ask.
Show threadPhillip VuchetichMay 20

@quixoticgeek Thanks - This was one of the frustrating steps. She was logged in to the account, went to account management, password settings, was prompted to enter password, entered the password, entered the 2FA SMS code, then it gave a message that account recovery is locked for 72 hours. She wasn't specifically selecting account recovery at that time, and the only links are "why is recovery delayed" and "learn more...".

I am traveling, so this was all via her screen sharing. There is the possibility (IMHO likely) that malware is on the PC - the only active sessions were Windows 11 in the correct geographic location and iPhone (so the plan is to reinstall from Windows 11 USB when I am in town tomorrow). I didn't have her specifically end all sessions. Maybe if she can do that from the iphone and leave the PC off in case of malware.

Phillip VuchetichMay 20

Question: I have an older relative whose Google account is compromised (phishing email from a known person whose account was also compromised, entered google password in a popup window). I walked them through going to the Google account page to change the password, but Google is preventing password reset for up to 72 hours, and won't even allow "forgot password" process to work. The actor appears to be actively emailing contacts with the same phishing email and replying to inbound emails. Any idea how to secure a personal google account when it won't let you change the password?

Separately, what is the recommended password manager for an iPhone for a non-techie person? I don't have an iPhone, so I can't directly evaluate the options.