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raddan
24 days ago
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GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple
I regularly conduct transactions at the branch of my local bank wherein they ask me for no credentials whatsoever. I also once forgot to bring my account number with me and the teller said "no worries, I'll look it up for you." Kind of horrifying.
lostlogin
24 days ago
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Oh! But that’s safe! Secret question time: What’s your mother’s maiden name.
jazzyjackson
24 days ago
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It helps that it’s a jailable offense to make fraudulent transactions
doubled112
24 days ago
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Isn’t unauthorized access to a computer system also a jailable offence in most places?
Would using the password you gain through this social engineering be doubly illegal?
empyrrhicist
24 days ago
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Well... sure. But people be crimeing, and some of these attacks can be done internationally.
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