What's with the uptick in overly friendly Mastodon accounts that quickly want to pivot to Telegram? They all seem to follow the same script looking for Johns to sell services to.

Needless to say, I politely decline.

If they were legitimate they'd be on OnlyFans or one of its competitors not pinging random accounts here.

This is good fodder for my cyber security and scam awareness presentations, but economically I don't see how we are worth the effort. Has the Fediverse grown that much?

I'd like to understand how these groups are organized and operate from the inside, to get a fuller picture of what's happening here. Are there any YouTube interviews or podcasts that cover this?

#askfedi #scams #cybersecurity #scam

Does anyone else here toy with scammers -- at least occasionally -- to figure out what their strategy is?

I'm no "Mike Rafone," but I do give occasional presentations on how normal people can make life harder for cyber criminals. So, it's good for me to play along sometimes to keep abreast of current trends.

Tangentially, and someone recommend a good book or scholarly article on now cyber criminals are structured and what the economic inputs and outputs look like? Literally the commission structures and how much these people have to spend in order to get 1 victim and how many victims per month is typical for a given style of scam. If that sounds like "Gang Leader for a Day" but for modern cyber crime, that's exactly what I want to read.

"Know thy enemy" and all that.

#scams #cybercrime #cybersecurity #economics

What automation tool do you use? When do you go against the flow and choose something other than Ansible?

#python #ansible #rakulang #sparrow #perl #rex #salt #chief #ruby #puppet #linux #bsd #sysadmin #devops #automation

What's your favorite non-Mastodon part of the Fediverse? Feel free to name drop actual instances.

#fediverse #askfedi

I want to post hand drawn pictures of RPG maps and the occasional AI generated character portrait to Pixelfed. Can someone recommend an instance that's good with RPG stuff and modest AI use?

#pixelfed #fediverse