| 21 Sep 2023 |
 ar | call history shows I got the call, but no answer | 21:29:57 |
 ossguy | ar: it never rang? | 21:30:41 |
| ar | yep | 21:30:49 |
| ossguy | My Name: sextortion | 21:31:28 |
| ossguy | ar: when is the last time it worked for you? | 21:31:36 |
| ossguy | (incoming calls that is) | 21:31:40 |
| ar | I just installed it, so never. | 21:32:39 |
| ar | I gotta go, so I'll come back to this. Thanks for the help so far! | 21:32:48 |
| ossguy | let us know when we can send more troubleshooting steps :) | 21:33:27 |
 maplemaxxed | > We are infrequently contacted by law enforcement. We cooperate when required or when there is obvious evidence of criminal activity we can corroborate. We can't tell them much of course because we don't know much and they are usually disappointed
Thanks. There seems to be a lot of disappointment all around.
What can you tell them? 30 days of phone records ... payment methods/details ... Jabber account name. I assume that's about it? | 22:09:09 |
 singpolyma | maplemaxxed: they have never asked about billing details or anything afaik. But probably everyone they've asked about paid with BTC so they don't care. Mostly the want ip address which we rarely have | 22:10:26 |
 johnxian | > My Name: sextortion
Fascinating. If you don't mind my asking, were these perpetrated by foreign actors or within Canada? Hearing that reminds me of a rather amusing e-mail I got many years ago from some scammer claiming to have _non-existent_ embarassing photos of myself. | 22:13:50 |
| ossguy | johnxian: no idea - law enforcement doesn't tell us any results, and it's pretty hard for us to tell where any of our customers are located even if we wanted to | 22:15:35 |
| johnxian | Right, right. | 22:16:03 |
 Gnafu the Great | johnxian: Bold of you to assume they were non-existent. | 22:16:18 |
| johnxian | 😄 | 22:16:44 |
| johnxian | I was 99.999 % sure | 22:17:01 |
| johnxian | and was willing to call their bluff | 22:17:49 |
| singpolyma | Give them a minute to start using AI to fabricate them ;) | 22:18:00 |
| Gnafu the Great | I've been seeing more of those emails in my spam folder lately, the "oops, I hacked you" type stuff. | 22:18:48 |
| Gnafu the Great | I genuinely feel sad for the folks who are fooled by those things. | 22:19:08 |
| Gnafu the Great | It tells me we need more education about what's possible and how to spot scams if there are any people falling for those (and there must be some if they bother sending them). | 22:19:40 |
| johnxian | singpolyma, That sword cuts both ways with plausible deniability. _"that's fake i can tell by the pixels."_ | 22:19:55 |
| Gnafu the Great | And from having seen quite a few 'shops in my time. | 22:22:18 |
 Root | > Give them a minute to start using AI to fabricate them ;)
This is why my photos do not exist online. | 22:22:38 |
 My Name | >> Give them a minute to start using AI to fabricate them ;)
> This is why my photos do not exist online.
Root: knows no one with camera who uses social media | 22:30:30 |
| My Name | Never passes surveillance or door cameras that can be accessed by bad actors | 22:31:55 |
 delirium_everyday3000 | speaking of surveillance cameras, anyone notice an increase in those at random intersections in their area over the past few months? | 22:33:07 |
| My Name | delirium_everyday3000: Aren't they part of 5G rollout? | 22:34:16 |
| delirium_everyday3000 | is that what that is? i don't keep track of all that | 22:34:47 |
