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Re: They’re vibe-coding spam now

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Post by nwellnhof »

iamcalledrob wrote: post #56

The "Cloud Storage Full - ACTION REQUIRED" emails sure aren't helped by Google, who communicate in a similar way. The amount of borderline harassment I get about my Google Drive being almost full is shocking. They have really amped up the ferocity of the language they're using to try and extract money from you for Drive. No wonder spammers are copying that.

On top of that, all these spam and phishing emails are sent through Google servers. About two thirds of spam I receive originates from Google, 12x more than AWS and 20x more than Microsoft. This is completely insane.

Re: They’re vibe-coding spam now

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Post by askl »

SchemaLoad wrote: post #32
qsera wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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..

ios added "Call screening" which asks unknown callers to explain who they are and what they want before it rings the receiver. The tricky part for scammers is there is no good answer here, if you claim to be a plumber and the victim hasn't booked a plumber, they won't answer.

Google Pixel phones also have this feature since at least 5 years. Spammers usually just hang up instantly.

Re: They’re vibe-coding spam now

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Post by marcus_holmes »

Ucalegon wrote: post #25

Leaders in the email security space have been seeing this for a while now [0], this is not new. The problem is the means to protect consumer mailboxes outside of Gmail, isn't cost effective since most people do not actually pay for their consumer mailbox and the impacts of compromised accounts do not actually impact the providers. It is going to be interesting to see how this plays out in the consumer space as the co…

I agree, and I think the answer is that what used to be free, and is now infected with all sorts of enshittification, will be paid-for to be useful.

I pay for email via Fastmail, don't really have a spam problem. I think this addresses your point above, that to have an effective spam filter takes money, and free email doesn't generate money.

I pay for search via Kagi, don't see all those crappy Google Ads and actually get useful search.

I can see the other services (socials, messaging) moving to a paid model to solve the same issues.

Re: They’re vibe-coding spam now

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Post by windward »

iamcalledrob wrote: post #56

The "Cloud Storage Full - ACTION REQUIRED" emails sure aren't helped by Google, who communicate in a similar way. The amount of borderline harassment I get about my Google Drive being almost full is shocking. They have really amped up the ferocity of the language they're using to try and extract money from you for Drive. No wonder spammers are copying that.

My usage hit ~90% 5 years ago and hasn't shifted since. Apparently Google lack the means to see this line doesn't intersect with 100%, and no action is required.

Thankfully they do have the means to change the wording of the emails I can't unsubscribe from. I don't know what the official reason is but the result is I have to modify my filters.

Apple are no better. Choose between a permanent nag notification on Settings, my most trusted app, or disabling backup of all the negligibly-sized data.

Re: They’re vibe-coding spam now

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Post by TitaRusell »

iamcalledrob wrote: post #56

The "Cloud Storage Full - ACTION REQUIRED" emails sure aren't helped by Google, who communicate in a similar way. The amount of borderline harassment I get about my Google Drive being almost full is shocking. They have really amped up the ferocity of the language they're using to try and extract money from you for Drive. No wonder spammers are copying that.

Google and Microsoft got people hooked on free cloud storage. And now they want money for it.
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