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They’re vibe-coding spam now

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Re: They’re vibe-coding spam now

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Post by varispeed »

gitmagic wrote: post #8
varispeed wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't answer the phone from anyone I don't know. If it is something important, they'll find a way to reach me.

Same, except for when I’m expecting a delivery, then I tend to answer calls from unknown numbers.

I solved this by renting small office that has reception and they handle deliveries. They are not far and so if I get something I get a text and then I collect when is convenient for me. I really hate waiting for couriers to ring, so it's a massive stress relief.

Re: They’re vibe-coding spam now

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Post by userbinator »

The (now possibly vibe-coded) email clients hiding link destinations and the real senders' addresses as well as making it very hard to see the actual message content including all headers don't help either. Scammers might get the visible body content very convincing, but one look at the Received: and From: headers is still a reliable way to discern.

Re: They’re vibe-coding spam now

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Post by dspillett »

gitmagic wrote: post #8
varispeed wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't answer the phone from anyone I don't know. If it is something important, they'll find a way to reach me.

Same, except for when I’m expecting a delivery, then I tend to answer calls from unknown numbers.

My standard response in such cases is “Hello unknown number, who are you and why should I not immediately hang up?”.

The response “Am I speaking to…” gets cut off with “Nope, you answer my questions first”. If they _must_ speak to Mr [MySurname] I claim to be my PA and that they aren't talking to him(me) without convincing me they aren't a junk call first. If I have a few minutes to spare, it can be quite an entertaining little game keeping them on the line so they can't be conning someone more vulnerable. Unfortunately must junk calls these days are either initially automated or the humans are wise to people like me being a waste of their time so they hang up cutting that fun short.

Re: They’re vibe-coding spam now

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Post by qsera »

sankalpnarula wrote: post #6

Blacklisting Phone numbers and IP are gonna become extreme now, to the point it wont allow any unknown number/email without `karma` to reach anyone.

I don't understand why something like this exists natively on phones.

If someone calls from an unknown number, they get some sort of captcha to prove that they are a human, or they matter is important.

For example, the message should say that, if you are geniune, then please call again after 1 minute..

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