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Yay finally caught up. Funny enough, I got 'scammed' yesterday while reading this thread. It's more of a technical exploit, but still. I was downloading some free apps from the google play store through referral links to get points in a stupid app I was just messing around with. You know, the typical 'watch a video for 50 points, download this app for 100 points...'. Through some API, either one of the downloaded apps or one of the referral links someone grabbed my phone number and charged a subscription for a completely unrelated service to it (We have phone bill subscription services here for some reason). So now I got a 4,99 € per week subscription on my phone bill without ever agreeing to anything or registering anywhere. They even sent me a fairly well written contract, it even contains a spiel about how I agreed to waive my 14 day cancellation rights. Anyway, cancelled the subscription via my provider, locked any future subscriptions and asked them to remove the charge. By the sound of their support that doesn't really work out and I was told to make a claim with them after I get the bill. All in all, it's a scam I was fairly familiar with, I didn't know the charge could be placed so easily tho. Obviously they bank on users eating the first charge even if they cancel immediately.
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Thanatosian posted:I guess I'm just paranoid in that I'm very careful about what apps I put on my phone, and can't imagine randomly downloading apps for referral points. My phone has financial information, location information, and my phone number isn't something that's easy to change, either in a technical sense or a practical sense (it's been my phone number for ten years), so if it gets onto a bunch of telemarketing lists, I'm fairly hosed. Well, android permissions are very clear and there's no real risk if you know what permissions you are approving. I'm not sure if there's some way to get the device phone number without phone permissions on android or if the number was leaked through the browser anyway. But there's no risk of leaking financial credentials through an app without special permissions.
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Jul 22, 2017 19:25
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Lutha Mahtin posted:sadly this isn't true to the extent you're saying. android has several permission groups which don't require user consent and they can be used by shady apps to do shady things. the way android implements accessibility features has been used for this purpose, where the shady app is able to use the accessibility services to screenshot the user's device and spoof user input. spoofing input (I've seen it called "clickjacking") is one way apps can install extra, even shadier apps without user knowledge Are you sure? As far as I can tell anything that interacts with user input is part of explicit permission groups you have to approve.
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Jul 24, 2017 05:55
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maskenfreiheit posted:I've had the same cell number for a decade and a half but somehow these scammers didn't manage to call me?! LAME Don't worry, they'll call you now that they know you think you get 900 $ for being called 
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Aug 16, 2017 05:41
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Lutha Mahtin posted:caller ID in many countries other than USA is a usable service. shocking, right What do you mean "Usable as a service"? Most countries here in europe don't have Caller ID text stuff like you do, but numbers are still spoofable everywhere (Because it's a feature). Certain endpoints can still see the real number, but for dumb phones you gotta choose one.
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Aug 30, 2017 07:25
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Germanies (former) "GEZ" was notorious for being really pushy and basically looking in peoples windows and all that creepy poo poo. Here we have "TV and radio" or just a radio license. The service that does it sent me a letter when I moved in and I just sent back the reply form saying I don't have a broadcast receiver. Luckily there was a judgement a while ago that specifically stated that PCs can't be defined as broadcast receivers, previously they tried to force people with computers on the radio only plan.
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Sep 6, 2017 08:29
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Aix posted:Actually they changed that up a few years ago (and renamed the GEZ to "ARD ZDF Deutschlandradio"), you pay per household now, no matter which or how many devices you own. So if youve rented in germany ever since the change youve got back fees with them... and theyre greedy assholes, they wont waive them if you "sign up" now I know, that's why I wrote former GEZ, it's now "ARD ZDF Deutschlandradio Beitragsservice", the first 3 parts are unnecessary anyway. But yeah, the system in germany is now "everyone pays, regardless of TV", so the old methods have become obsolete and it's just about getting the money from people.
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Sep 6, 2017 12:47
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I once got an email for a highschool teacher with homework, also addressed to his work email and another gmail variation.
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Nov 6, 2017 07:04
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:So one mechanic had one opinion and the other mechanic had another opinion... Which one is the scammer? I mean you don't need to assume he was being intentionally dishonest when it's equally attributable to incompetence. Going to someone that claims to be a professional who is actually incompetent is a scam in itself.
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Feb 8, 2018 15:58
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Bidding to the bottom is the business concept of several service apps these days. Some industries wise up and only the worst bidders remain on those platforms.
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Mar 27, 2018 14:28
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Ah yes, the classic phone connection prank, I suppose it can be mildly entertaining for the man in the middle, more so if they previously agitated one or both participants.
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This is the same as a pawn brooker, no?
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Jun 26, 2018 04:51
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First make sure you actually got their scam right, because to overcharge your card they don't need the CVV2
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We deployed Dell AIOs in a hospital ICU environment and by default all the touchscreens were left turned on. It took a little while, but the touchscreens started acting up because of the disinfectant. Since the touchscreen wasn't even supposed to be used anyway, we just disabled it. Because of terrible management we didn't do this by GPO, but rather by manually disabling it on every single machine manually when it occurred. Which made it hard to do, because the mouse was on the fritz.
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mostlygray posted:Business tend to pay via check. I write 40 or 50 checks per month. It's really easy and allows you to mail the payment details with the check or any other notes you might have. While all of that is hilarious, I am apaled by the fact that a bank could be scammed by tipex...
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Dec 6, 2018 17:59
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I don't understand how an electronic transfer can cost more, but I also don't understand american banks.
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Jul 31, 2019 14:08
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Tokyo's ATMs are weird in that you can get free withdrawals, but only during the day. Had I known that I would have just topped up on cash at a slightly different time. Basically 7/11 ATMs are free from 8-18 or something like that.
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Aug 5, 2019 12:53
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Three pronged shape with 3 angles. Not a trident. 3 guesses.
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Aug 21, 2019 05:11
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shame on an IGA posted:this is exactly why every time I've felt like flushing a few dollars on scratchers I only scratch the barcode at the bottom and put it right in the checker machine. gently caress you I'm not playing your game, I'm here to lose fast and brutal. They used to list HDHD for empty ones, and the actual value for winners next to the serial number, but they stopped doing that a few months ago, so now you have to scratch it all. A little part of me was hoping it was empty because you have to pick up the main prizes at a special place and the listed amounts are just for the supermarkets and other small gambling points.
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Well the EMP protection is a pure hardware protection.
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Dec 16, 2019 21:02
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TheComicFiend posted:My wife keeps getting calls from a women's correctional facility in Nevada. As far as she knows, she doesn't know who it could be or how they got her number. Is it the Chilli Peppers Correctional Facility in Roy, New Mexico?
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wizzardstaff posted:I just completed annual security training for my work. Hell is a place where they make you play "spot the phish" flash games forever. Your answer has been recorded. Your personal hell is being prepared now. Please login here to cancel this adjustment: http://https.login.microsoft.com.portal.office.com.misosoft.co.nz/auth/hell/msad74921?authid=shs673829927373793&guid=iwiwoeuriHhsu
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Inceltown posted:Uber gives job priority to cyclists. This creates a huge incentive to lie about the fact you're using a car. With someone as anal about using metadata as Uber, wouldn't they monitor drivers GPS and if they went above certains speeds penalize them for lying?
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AlbieQuirky posted:There are a lot of cities where you can go faster by bike than by car if there’s any traffic. Yeah OK that's fair, I forgot that the US uses gridlock as a driving style.
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hyperhazard posted:Piggybacking on that, if you want to be absolutely horrified, check out this autobiographical comic from a dude who survived Elan. Holy. poo poo. Went down this rabbithole and I'm not sure I wanted to know about this attrocity. 40 loving years.
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BiggerBoat posted:Same. Stumbled across a documentary called "The Last Hope" that's on Amazon Prime if anyone's interested. Sure about the name? Couldn't find it, even via google.
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Zamujasa posted:This is a different thread, but it's "My dad stole my identity", from 2009. Quality share, was there ever a followup?
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Should have taken the money.
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Konstantin posted:Also, water absorbs radiation. Nuclear power plants store their spent fuel rods at the bottom of pools, and the water at the surface is safe enough to swim in. Everything absorbs radiation, only contamination with radioactive particles is a problem. Water from chernobyl would be heavily contaminated.
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Jolly Jumbuck posted:Awhile back, I got a phone call from "Discover" offering a lower interest rate on my Discover card, which I don’t even have from place filled with suspicious background noise. They ask for my balance and the expiration date which I make up. Then they ask me to read the full 16 digit card number beginning with 6011 which is apparently Discover's starting 4 digits. I make up 4 numbers and the guy immediately starts cursing me and saying I'm wasting his time by making up numbers. Credit card numbers follow certain patterns that can be calculated, so random numbers won't work. Therefore he could tell you were feeding him bullshit. Don't sweat it.
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Finding an excuse to be racist still means you are being racist.
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MisterOblivious posted:Unfortunately uncommon. One restaurant has started this here and I make a point of asking for the menu. They bring you a tablet. I find it very annoying to use compared to classic paper menus.
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DiabloStarCraft posted:I get it to be honest, printing menus is expensive and with all the price volatility it makes it easier to make changes. Yeah, I do get that, but even on the tablet finding stuff on that convoluted menu is a chore, I did look at it on my phone briefly and it was a total nightmare. They aren't using the technology to give you instant previews of the meal or a detailed description of exotic foods so you don't have to google them, instead it's endless lists of items, with only two objects on the screen at one time as the best case you can hope for. A normal paper menu lets me get an overview of stuff, jump between starters and stuff, not open fiddly dropdowns or reload the side multiple times while trying to decide what to order. If the UX was flawless, I'd be more forgiving, but trying to pass the buck onto the customer while making the whole experience worse is just lovely all around. Not to mention the loss of accessibility for people less able.
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I have one fairly cheap garage that is only a slight inconvenience to get home from, I used them for all major work I can't/won't do myself. Their quality level is "just send it", but it's good enough for what I had them do so far. There also is a place right around the corner that I used once so far, it's operating out of a farmhouse, but I think they do the actual work somewhere else. Can't complain, guy charged me extra because some stuff was really seized, and it was still way below my target and anything I would have paid elsewhere. Next job will go to them and I hope they keep it up. Only downside was the very obnoxious anti-masker attitude they gave me when I brought it in. But some mhm-ing when they talked about the evil government made up for me wearing a mask initially.
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