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lol, I treat my email inbox like a dumpster that I occasionally search when I know there's something there that I need to retrieve. The spam has won, I have mov

lol, I treat my email inbox like a dumpster that I occasionally search when I know there's something there that I need to retrieve. The spam has won, I have moved to chat platforms for my communication needs.

ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
I get -no exaggeration- several hundred spams a day. I have an OG email address that was grabbed by spammers, since the days of Network Solutions (so it’s been awhile). I maintain Inbox Zero, much of the time, and seldom have more than three or four emails in my client at any time. I get there by being absolutely brutal about tossing emails. I probably toss a couple of legit ones, from time to time, but I do have rules set up for the companies and people I need to hear from. The thing that will be annoying, is when AI can mimic these. Right now, that stuff is generally fairly clumsy, but some of the handcrafted phishing emails that I get, are fairly impressive. I expect them to improve. A lot of folks are gonna get cheated. I do think that some of these Chinese gangs are going to create AI “pig butchering” operations, so it will likely reduce their need to traffic slaves.
- grugagag 2y ago
  What are pig butchering operations?
  - jabroni_salad 2y ago
    It's people that write you love letters until you western union them your entire retirement account.
    - ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
      It’s really quite sophisticated. John Oliver actually did a great segment on it, but I won’t link it, because a lot of folks don’t like him.
      - jabroni_salad 2y ago
        I haven't seen that but I have read some articles about it on propublica. I just kept the description as simple as possible to make it more memorable.
        ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
        Well, a lot of the scammers are actually slaves, trafficked into Myanmar boiler rooms, by Chinese Tongs. If AI takes off for this stuff, the gangs are less likely to be kidnapping these poor schlubs. So … I guess this would be a … positive outcome? Not sure if AI zealots will be touting it, though.
- chillfox 2y ago
  That seems like more effort than simply abandoning email.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
    It is, but abandoning email isn’t an option for me, so this is what I do.

ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago

I get -no exaggeration- several hundred spams a day. I have an OG email address that was grabbed by spammers, since the days of Network Solutions (so it’s been awhile). I maintain Inbox Zero, much of the time, and seldom have more than three or four emails in my client at any time. I get there by being absolutely brutal about tossing emails. I probably toss a couple of legit ones, from time to time, but I do have rules set up for the companies and people I need to hear from. The thing that will be annoying, is when AI can mimic these. Right now, that stuff is generally fairly clumsy, but some of the handcrafted phishing emails that I get, are fairly impressive. I expect them to improve. A lot of folks are gonna get cheated. I do think that some of these Chinese gangs are going to create AI “pig butchering” operations, so it will likely reduce their need to traffic slaves.

grugagag 2y ago
What are pig butchering operations?
- jabroni_salad 2y ago
  It's people that write you love letters until you western union them your entire retirement account.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
    It’s really quite sophisticated. John Oliver actually did a great segment on it, but I won’t link it, because a lot of folks don’t like him.
    - jabroni_salad 2y ago
      I haven't seen that but I have read some articles about it on propublica. I just kept the description as simple as possible to make it more memorable.
      - ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
        Well, a lot of the scammers are actually slaves, trafficked into Myanmar boiler rooms, by Chinese Tongs. If AI takes off for this stuff, the gangs are less likely to be kidnapping these poor schlubs. So … I guess this would be a … positive outcome? Not sure if AI zealots will be touting it, though.
chillfox 2y ago
That seems like more effort than simply abandoning email.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
  It is, but abandoning email isn’t an option for me, so this is what I do.