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Re: I was tricked on Facebook into downloading an obfuscated script

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Post by Zancarius »

cbd1984 wrote: post #28
a3n wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I engage Jehovah's Witnesses, but not in the dick way that capital A Atheists might (I'm a small a atheist). I try to learn what they're about. They're generally nice people.

Atheists are atheists. If you're going to make a distinction, make it between individuals, not groups.

Perhaps I'm being unnecessarily charitable in my interpretation of what a3n said, but I gathered from the differentiation between "capital A" atheists and lowercase a atheists as a subtle distinction between individuals who evangelize their beliefs and those who don't.

Re: I was tricked on Facebook into downloading an obfuscated script

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Post by Kiro »

> I got a notification on Facebook: "(a friend of mine) mentioned you in a comment". However, when I clicked it, Firefox tried to download the following file:

I interpret that as it started downloading when clicking the notification but the picked answer suggests otherwise.

Re: I was tricked on Facebook into downloading an obfuscated script

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Post by jaredsohn »

my_first_acct wrote: post #19
thefreeman wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have to double click the downloaded file to execute it under Windows Script Host

Thanks. That is somewhat reassuring. The likelihood of my doing something stupid/oblivious is higher than it should be, but the likelihood of being stupid twice in a row is quite a bit lower.

I imagine the likelihood of making incorrect decisions twice in a row is higher in some contexts, though. For example, if you click a button that says it will download a Flash update from some random website, I'm guessing there is a good chance you will then run it afterward.

Re: I was tricked on Facebook into downloading an obfuscated script

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Post by dang »

m-app wrote: post #29
dang wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That was a badly rewritten title, and we've restored the original. (Edit: never mind–the rewrite was at the host end.) Submitters: please use the original title unless it is misleading or linkbait. That's in the site guidelines ( https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ). Making a title more misleading and linkbait is the wrong direction! (Submitted title was 'Facebook tricked me into downloading an obfuscat…

To be honest, the original title used to be just that: http://security.stackexchange.com/posts/128254/revisions

Oh, good catch. Sorry for doubting you, yammesicka :)

Actually the dynamic rewrite thing has only ever come up significantly with NYT, who do that all the time.

Re: I was tricked on Facebook into downloading an obfuscated script

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Post by wglb »

a3n wrote: post #10
Aelinsaar wrote: post #2

I treat any attempt to download like an attempt to call my phone, or ring my doorbell when I'm not expecting someone. Instant suspicion which is, 99% of the time, unfounded. Still, I've never had to deal with the Jehovah's Witnesses.

I engage Jehovah's Witnesses, but not in the dick way that capital A Atheists might (I'm a small a atheist). I try to learn what they're about. They're generally nice people.

Maybe consider checking this out: https://www.amazon.com/Years-Watchtower-Slave-Confessions-Co...

Re: I was tricked on Facebook into downloading an obfuscated script

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Post by jacquesm »

Zancarius wrote: post #31
cbd1984 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Atheists are atheists. If you're going to make a distinction, make it between individuals, not groups.

Perhaps I'm being unnecessarily charitable in my interpretation of what a3n said, but I gathered from the differentiation between "capital A" atheists and lowercase a atheists as a subtle distinction between individuals who evangelize their beliefs and those who don't.

I think it is the party coming to your door that does the evangelizing and I've yet to have an atheist ring my doorbell.

Re: I was tricked on Facebook into downloading an obfuscated script

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Post by anonbanker »

a3n wrote: post #10
Aelinsaar wrote: post #2

I treat any attempt to download like an attempt to call my phone, or ring my doorbell when I'm not expecting someone. Instant suspicion which is, 99% of the time, unfounded. Still, I've never had to deal with the Jehovah's Witnesses.

I engage Jehovah's Witnesses, but not in the dick way that capital A Atheists might (I'm a small a atheist). I try to learn what they're about. They're generally nice people.

Or, invite them in, and (politely) try to pitch a conversion to atheism. I usually get sooo close, then you see that programming snap back into place (you'll see their expression change to one of terror), and they suddenly have to leave really fast.

Mormons are more fun for this, but Jehovah's Witnesses are a laugh riot.

Re: I was tricked on Facebook into downloading an obfuscated script

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Post by a3n »

Zancarius wrote: post #31
cbd1984 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Atheists are atheists. If you're going to make a distinction, make it between individuals, not groups.

Perhaps I'm being unnecessarily charitable in my interpretation of what a3n said, but I gathered from the differentiation between "capital A" atheists and lowercase a atheists as a subtle distinction between individuals who evangelize their beliefs and those who don't.

Yeah, pretty much. I get real embarrassed when Atheists make fun of people for santa clause in the sky and such. Let people believe what they want, it's a hard universe.

Re: I was tricked on Facebook into downloading an obfuscated script

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Post by a3n »

wglb wrote: post #36
a3n wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I engage Jehovah's Witnesses, but not in the dick way that capital A Atheists might (I'm a small a atheist). I try to learn what they're about. They're generally nice people.

Maybe consider checking this out: https://www.amazon.com/Years-Watchtower-Slave-Confessions-Co...

And this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Fifths_Compromise
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