We need an option in #MastoAdmin settings to check for open registration instances and automatically limit them. #Spam Of course, the big dog instances like Mastodon.Social wouldn't like this.
Has anyone made a script yet that canvases Fediverse instances, esp Mastodon, for open registrations so we either automatically moderate them or can create and import a blocklist with them limited? #Fediblock
Ich wurde wieder ge-nicolet. Gleich gemeldet, gesperrt und geblockt.
Time to kick the "Fedi Chick" Nicole to the curb.
If you're using Cherry Pick, Misskey, or Sharkey you can permanently silence Nicole, no matter what account they use.
Go to Settings, Mute and Blocks, Hard word mute, enter the URL and click SAVE.
The URL: https://friendica.namestaci.cz/profile/fediversechick/profile
#Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub #Nicole #FediChick #Spam
Hahahaha.
"We stumbled upon your IG profile and really like your style"
@skribe Conversely, the cost of printing, distribution, and storage puts up a barrier to spamming people on other continents with mass quantities of low value slop.
Just think through the logistics of a hostile Eurasian state sending a mass quantity of printed materials to Australia or North America.
Or, for that matter, a hostile North American state sending a mass quantity of printed materials to Europe or Asia.
You would either need:–
a) At least one printing press on each continent;
b) You could try shipping the magazines, but they'd be a month out of date when they arrive; or
c) You could try flying them overseas, but that would be very expensive very quickly.
That's before you worry about things like delivery drivers (or postage), and warehouses.
These are less of an issue for books than they are for newspapers or magazines.
And if a particular newspaper or magazine is known to be reliable, written by humans, researched offline, and the articles are not available online, then there's potentially value in people buying a physical copy.
What a wonderful thing it would be if #gmail and #outlook deployed spam filtering on OUTGOING e-mail traffic ....
I mean ... receiving 10+ mails with the same content from the same sender with the same timestamp .... that gotta trigger some alerts somewhere, right?
I mean ... my inbound spam filter caught it.
Is it just me, or has "Nicole", " the fediverse chick", been breeding in the sewers? I've blocked about 5 variants in the last week.
Here's how to easily stop web form spam. (So, hey marketers, stop wasting everyone's time with it!)
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/marketing-2/2022/04/web-form-spam
Ayer nos contactó un socio porque últimamente recibe muchas llamadas de empresas que se hacen pasar por su comercializadora eléctrica, en este caso #LaCorriente o su distribuidora.
Además de lo que compartimos en el artículo de nuestra web (https://lacorrientecoop.es/comunicado-atencion-a-las-llamadas-agresivas-de-comercializadoras/), os dejamos algunas recomendaciones generales para proteger los datos personales en la era digital.
¿Cómo evitar que nuestros datos caigan en manos equivocadas?
Lee las políticas de privacidad: Antes de compartir información con una empresa o registrarte en un sitio web, revisa cómo manejarán tus datos. No des información innecesaria: Si una aplicación o servicio solicita más datos de los que realmente necesita, desconfía. Utiliza correos y números alternativos: Para registros en tiendas o promociones, puedes usar un correo secundario o un número virtual. Configura la privacidad en redes sociales: Asegúrate de que solo personas de confianza puedan ver tus datos personales.
¿Qué hacer si una empresa ya tiene tus datos y no deja de llamarte?
Pide que eliminen tus datos: Exige que dejen de llamarte y solicita que borren tu información de su base de datos.
Apúntate a listas de exclusión: En algunos países existen registros donde puedes inscribirte para evitar publicidad no deseada. En el caso de España, la lista Robinson.
Bloquea los números: La mayoría de los teléfonos permiten bloquear llamadas de números específicos o catalogarlas como spam.
Denuncia ante las autoridades: Si las llamadas persisten, puedes reportarlo a organismos de protección de datos o de defensa de las consumidoras y consumidores.
Cuidar nuestra privacidad no solo evita molestias, sino que también nos protege de riesgos mayores, como el robo de identidad 
¿Nos ayudáis a seguir ampliando estas recomendaciones @anarticoop @Trex @CorioPsicologia y quiénes estáis al día de estas cuestiones? 
Made some improvements to ejabberd’s `mod_spam_filter` to support blocked domains as provided by RTBL hosts. Give it a try if you’re courageous!
Web-Tipps: Anfassen erlaubt
Internet Artifacts zeigt Meilensteine wie Arpanet, Spam und lustige Videos. Nutzer können interaktiv und unterhaltsam die Geschichte des Internets erleben.
Discovered that Spamdyke's "greylisting" is why the 2FA code emails to my hosting provider's email accounts often arrive so late they expire.
It bounces the first arrival of an email with the assumption that a non-spammy email server will retry.
Turns out this really confuses whatever queues are sending out these 2FA code emails. Sometimes it takes an hour for them to arrive (expired). Disabled it & now I can get into several services I've been locked out of.
Ugg.
Access to domain registration data is neither timely nor uniform. In today's Interisle Insights post, Colin Strutt shares the challenges that law enforcement, first responders, and researchers face in collecting even the “non contact registration data” elements to identify where cybercriminals acquire resources for their attacks.
https://interisle.substack.com/p/limiting-access-to-domain-registration
I updated #Android, and as usual lately, there are new system Apps that serve no purpose. But this time, I ended up with an app called 'Live lock screen' (to deliver #spam #ads) that collects my data like my ID and other info. It is developed by Taboola, an Israeli company, and I can’t uninstall it (I have to use ADB to do so). Given what’s been happening, I have zero trust in a company like this, especially their underhanded methods to auto-install themselves. Frankly, it really annoys me!
Just reported another Nicole.
Vor kurzem warnte das BSI vor Captcha-Attacken.
Wer sich aktuell beim Besuch in seiner iCloud bei der URL verschreibt und z.B. "icoud" eintippt, landet vermutlich auf so einer Seite.
Eine ziemlich fiese Nummer, wo es nicht viel braucht, um das Häkchen zu setzen.
David Sommerseth 
