Open post Matt @MattFerrel@mastodon.sdf.org · 39mo ago Replying to @MissingThePt@mastodon.social <p>Breaking: US Coast Guard detects “banging” noises from hermetically-sealed Twitter.</p> @MissingThePt@mastodon.social I just went to Twitter for the first time in a long while to post this pic comment on every tweet complaining about this
Open post Matt @MattFerrel@mastodon.sdf.org · 39mo ago Replying to @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social <p>Threads, Twitter, and Bluesky: Our billionaire is better than your billionaire.</p><p>Mastodon: You actually don't need a billionaire at all.</p><p>Threads, Twitter, and Bluesky: Hold on, we have to ask our billionaire if that's true.</p> @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social
Open post Matt @MattFerrel@mastodon.sdf.org · 45mo ago Replying to @Brightdave@mastodon.lol @jph @atomicpoet that's such a great point! I know likes, etc are not important in the grand scheme of things, but it does mean something when others like something I post. Means I've said or shared something others agree with or appreciate. Usually I get few to no "likes" and that's fine, but when I do get some it means I'm not just typing into a vast, vacuous void. @Brightdave @jph @atomicpoet exactly! Just a little feedback to know that somebody read your words and cared
Open post Matt @MattFerrel@mastodon.sdf.org · 21mo ago Replying to @briankrebs@infosec.exchange <p>Today's story features interviews with two recent cryptocurrency heist victims (one who lost > $4.5M) who were hit by the same scammers. The fraudsters used:</p><p>-Google Assistant to automate outgoing calls to victims warning of a security incident with their account, and to press 1 to speak to a rep;</p><p>-An email from google.com warning about an email hacking incident, including the name and phone number of the Google rep who will be calling. The alerts were sent via Google Forms, which makes them come from google.com.</p><p>-Victims were convinced someone had taken over their accounts when they received an alert pop up on their mobile from Google, asking if they were trying to recover access to their account. By this time, the victims were convinced they were talking with Google, and clicked "yes, it's me" trying to recover access:</p><p>How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click</p><p>Adam Griffin is still in disbelief over how quickly he was robbed of nearly $500,000 in cryptocurrencies. A scammer called using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com, and ultimately seized control over the account by convincing him to click “yes” to a Google prompt on his mobile device.</p><p><a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/how-to-lose-a-fortune-with-just-one-bad-click/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/ho</span><span class="invisible">w-to-lose-a-fortune-with-just-one-bad-click/</span></a></p> @briankrebs@infosec.exchange crypto is an obvious scam, but this takes it to a new level
Open post Matt @MattFerrel@mastodon.sdf.org · 35mo ago @TexasObserver @gusbova outstanding reporting and explanation
Open post Matt @MattFerrel@mastodon.sdf.org · 41mo ago Replying to @catvalente@mastodon.world <p>I don’t know why everyone suddenly has amnesia about the fact that <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CNN</span></a> was bought by a conservative asshole & is just hoping you won’t notice long enough to radicalize you based on the network’s former reputation, inertia, & brand loyalty.</p><p>Nothing like <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Twitter</span></a>, of course.</p> @catvalente@mastodon.world Read the classic “Amusing Ourselves to Death” then ask yourself why you watch ANY television “news” at all
Open post Matt @MattFerrel@mastodon.sdf.org · 45mo ago Replying to @12thRITS@mstdn.social @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org Congressional leadership mostly doesn't want to reinforce or make widely known that almost all speeches in Congress are made to an empty floor. The "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" myth of legislators being persuaded by each others' oratory is just that: a myth. @12thRITS@mstdn.social @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org it’s an area of bipartisan agreement
Open post Matt @MattFerrel@mastodon.sdf.org · 38mo ago Replying to @noahshachtman@mstdn.social <p>Elon Musk can't stop making things up. From Hyperloop transportation to self-driving cars to Twitter policy, here's a list of the billionaire's biggest hyperbole, evasions, and outright lies </p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/elon-musk-twitter-zuckerberg-lies-1234808808/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/culture/cultu</span><span class="invisible">re-lists/elon-musk-twitter-zuckerberg-lies-1234808808/</span></a></p> @noahshachtman I was shocked to see a Hyperloop exhibit at the Smithsonian when I visited last year https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/smithsonians-futures-exhibition-feature-virgin-hyperloops-record-breaking-transportation-pod-180977129/ Smithsonian Magazine Smithsonian's 'Futures' Exhibition to Feature Virgin Hyperloop's Record-Breaking Transportation Pod Virgin Hyperloop's Pegasus vehicle will be on display for viewers to take a closer look at its interior this fall
Open post Matt @MattFerrel@mastodon.sdf.org · 41mo ago Replying to @atomicpoet@mastodon.social <p>The people have spoken, and I will abide by the results of the poll.</p><p>I'm migrating this account to <a href="https://calckey.social" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">calckey.social</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p> @atomicpoet I’ve already seen posts from you on calckey. You could have just moved and I never would have noticed. This is a cool feature to this newer user of Mastodon/Fediverse 👍
Open post Matt @MattFerrel@mastodon.sdf.org · 41mo ago Replying to @JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social <p>CNN deserves all the blowback it's getting but let's not overlook the fact that the entire political press decided to treat <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> spewing the same bullshit that he posts every single day as a major news event. They're all guilty of the same thing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CNN</span></a> is getting roasted for, even if to a somewhat lesser degree.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>uspol</span></a></p> @JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social Read the classic “Amusing Ourselves to Death” then ask yourself why you watch ANY television “news” at all #AmusingOurselvesToDeath