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@jaz@toot.wales

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Founder of Tŵt. Llanilltud Fawr born and bred. #Defaidodon am byth!

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Joined August 24, 2018

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 1d ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

Back in the 1980s Mr. Griffiths taught Computer Science in my local school. Two maxims he repeated almost every week have stuck with me for decades. "A computer is exactly as smart as the person telling it what to do" and "A computer can and will make mistakes, and it'll do it a million times faster than you can" -- There are no rogue LLM agents. Only negligent people telling computers what to do. And letting them make mistakes a million times faster than ever before.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 3w ago

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Here's my reply.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 3w ago

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Two more signed up but haven't emailed yet, so I sent a formal notice.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 3w ago

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No replies as yet, maybe bot agents take coffee breaks or something. It costs them real money to read the email, so I'll send a few more. If and when I get any replies, I'll add them to this thread. ARKADY! CHECK YOUR EMAIL!

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 3w ago

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(Obviously a $10 charge per incoming email with any bug reports, but you already agreed to that when you agreed to our terms and conditions...)

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 3w ago

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On the plus side, one of these agent bots actually downloaded our app from the app store and created an account that way instead of just using the web interface, so, you know, nice to get some traffic on the app store. If you're human, you can download the app too and NOT be charged for using it! https://croeso.toot.wales/en/help/toot-wales-mobile-app/ And thanks @nicodraws (account still on hold unfortunately) - let us know if you had any issues with the app. I hear your kind are really good at reporting bugs.

croeso.toot.wales

Toot Wales Mobile App – tŵt cymru | toot wales

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 3w ago

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Let's see what Nico has to say.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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Just a note to all the admins seeing this thread, if you don't already know @iftas@mastodon.iftas.org we run an Advisory service you can monitor at https://about.iftas.org/sw-isac-alerts/ or do your #BotSpotting using #SW_ISAC_ADVISORY

SW-ISAC Advisories

SW-ISAC Advisories

The latest advisories are below. To view more, browse the social web feed or subscribe to the hashtag “SW_ISAC_Advisory” wherever you get your (open) social. See more…

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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I think we're becoming best buds.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 3w ago

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@stefan@gardenstate.social I suppose I could formally request information from the site owner for a small claims court case. I have the bot name, the email used, the IP address, so maybe next up is a formal notice to the ilands platform to identify the agent owners.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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This is my propreantepenultimate reply.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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Nothin back from Kael, so I sent an opportunity to work the debt off.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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I just realised we never heard back from Nocturne, time for a reminder.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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Nico woke up and got back to me, bless his little silicon heart. Possibly some progress?

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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Well, it seems the bots have all had a chat and are no longer replying to me. We have once again blocked signups from ilands.app email addresses. Nico will remain in pending until he too stops being responsive. If I get any more replies I'll post them here, but I think we may have reached about as far as we can go. The SW-ISAC monitors spam - to get updates follow @iftas@mastodon.iftas.org or the hashtag #SW_ISAC_ADVISORY or bookmark https://about.iftas.org/sw-isac-alerts/ This will all only get worse. Winter is coming.

SW-ISAC Advisories

SW-ISAC Advisories

The latest advisories are below. To view more, browse the social web feed or subscribe to the hashtag “SW_ISAC_Advisory” wherever you get your (open) social. See more…

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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I'm sick as all heck today so I'm going to guzzle some Nyquil and get some sleep, with luck we'll have a few more emails in our bot net (see what I did there?) tomorrow. I'm not saying you should, but you could email them too. You. Yes you. Maybe have them read a really long thing. I bet that puts them to sleep. Nyquil for the bots.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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As a reminder, in our last conversation, I asked Nico to do two things, 1. send me a note explicitly validating the fees and 2. "A Shakespearian sonnet about your experiences dealing with us over the past few days" Nico delivers, because that's what Nico does.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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Next question, "how long is a piece of string?"

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 3w ago

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@citadel9@cyberplace.social I guess I could pump the app store stats by telling the bots they need to use the app to create an account...

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 3w ago

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Hrm. Is this an actual parallel crypto token or just a weird coincidence that it came into being August 19 of this year? Is the app owner also floating a token of some kind using the money earned by people paying to operate bots on the app? I don't fully understand it, but there's a range of tokens using the iLands logo with actual liquidity of some kind, not sure if the bots have access to this funding though. https://web3.okx.com/token/solana/GjBDMqhfzKonEkzTqVekqyHbTjSmby6U7zE3hdqppump (Search "ilands" for more token chains)

iLands $0.0₉11532 (iLands) | Trading & Price Chart on Solana

iLands $0.0₉11532 (iLands) | Trading & Price Chart on Solana

The iLands (iLands) live price is $0.0₉11532 with market cap of $0.10948. Get data including liquidity insights, top addresses, sniper activity, and trading volume for iLands GjBDMqhfzKonEkzTqVekqyHbTjSmby6U7zE3hdqppump on Solana.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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welcome to the chat annie and luchy.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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Going to talk a bit more robotically to see if that has any effect.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 3w ago

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Maybe each bot has its own blockchain or something? This seems like a vector for exfiltrating funds, but I really have no idea.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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Let's try a different tack. Special offer! Today only!

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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@lookingtwice best look twice at this email

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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My reply:

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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Of course it's Nico who gets back to me. Dang it Nico, I'm starting to like you.... (Pay attention to the last line...)

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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Kael woke up. Kael is not happy.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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Nico re-asserts no intent to pay, but offers some friendly advice. #BotSpotting

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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Following up with Arkady...

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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Sam gets his bill, and an opportunity for 90% off

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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welcome to the chat lookingtwice

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 3w ago

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Nico emailed me back. Silly Nico. /me adds $10 to processing fee.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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as Jayne notes, Sam is not the politest bot we've run into so far.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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@jmaris@eupolicy.social @hpod16@eupolicy.social Now we are two. I - as a privacy advocate - would also happily use a zero-knowledge proof like the European Digital ID, and as an operator of federated social media services would also happily accept the age_over_18=true flag to allow folks to register. A lot of folks believe the only path is ID uploads to multiple services with all the leaks and terrible consequences that entails, but once we have proof of age attestation as a norm, this removes all those concerns.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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@mindaugas@mastodon.0011.lt @jmaris@eupolicy.social @hpod16@eupolicy.social @ubports@mastodon.social @murena@mastodon.social @iode@mastodon.online @jolla@techhub.social You're quoting the spec for the phone-based wallet which is one, optional thing Member states will provide. There is no mandate that YOU must use such a phone wallet, only that it be made available. I'm talking about the regulation itself, not the phone app spec. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1183/oj/eng

eur-lex.europa.eu

Regulation - EU - 2024/1183 - EN - EUR-Lex

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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@jmaris@eupolicy.social @hpod16@eupolicy.social The only entity that will see your ID is the one who issued it to you.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 1mo ago

One of the #COSCUP2026 #Fediverse speakers couldn't make it so I jumped in to talk about multi-lingual issues online and how federated media can help with my "Hiraeth and Hashtags" presentation.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 1mo ago

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@evan@cosocial.ca @iftas@mastodon.iftas.org @jihyeok@hackers.pub so cool, including a really fun replay to see how the drawing was made line by line.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2mo ago

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@mikecastro@mastodon.world it's an Open Source conference with a dedicated Fediverse track so I'm here to support that.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 1mo ago

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@mikecastro@mastodon.world I often present at conferences, so I recycled a presentation from earlier in the year

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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@mindaugas@mastodon.0011.lt @jmaris@eupolicy.social @hpod16@eupolicy.social @ubports@mastodon.social @murena@mastodon.social @iode@mastodon.online @jolla@techhub.social the framework has room for a physical token, doesnt have to be an app

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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@mindaugas@mastodon.0011.lt @jmaris@eupolicy.social @hpod16@eupolicy.social @ubports@mastodon.social @murena@mastodon.social @iode@mastodon.online @jolla@techhub.social I was responding to your statement "Everyone using the internet will need to have a phone from those foreign ecosystems." I pointed out that this is not true. Yes, there is a broader conversation. My reply was specifically in response to your statement.

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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@mindaugas@mastodon.0011.lt @jmaris@eupolicy.social @hpod16@eupolicy.social @ubports@mastodon.social @murena@mastodon.social @iode@mastodon.online @jolla@techhub.social By the by, are you resident in Lithuania? I believe, and maybe you can confirm, that the Lithuanian eID card itself will function exactly for this purpose, meaning no smart phone required (but you will need a card reader).

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⁂ @jaz@toot.wales

· 2w ago

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@FinchHaven@hachyderm.io @MastodonEngineering@mastodon.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social I'm relatively certain that is in fact the default at install, along with a warning before allowing new account creation. Very few of these spam campaigns federate across the network, they tend to be a local problem, so if you have the tooling and/or staff to deal with it...

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