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You're saying that people fall for phishing because scammers invent completely unrealistic scenarios that would never happen outside TV shows?

• watwut 3mo ago
  I am saying it is unbelievable scenario and yes, I want the person dealing with it ignore it as such.
  • ben_w 3mo ago
    Then you're making the opposite mistake (but still a mistake) as all officers going in with lethal force during a swatting. • https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12208992 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12208992 • https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1070007/suicidal-caller-mistaken-as-prankster-found-dead-3-days-later https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1070007/suicidal-caller-mistak... • https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/15/woman-trapped-in-tai-po-blaze-died-after-999-call-not-passed-to-fire-department-inquiry-hears/ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/15/woman-trapped-in-tai-po-bl... • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fi...
  • inigyou 3mo ago
    They could go to the server room and check if there's smoke pouring out of it before dialing 911.
    • TeMPOraL 3mo ago
      It takes 20 minutes to reach it and by that time everyone there is dead. Also consider that in context of this discussion, anything short of ignoring the message and maybe clicking "report scam" is "executing instructions embedded in data". The point isn't to litigate any particular scenario, it's to show that you cannot separate "instructions" from "data" in general purpose systems, and it's not a bug but a fundamental feature.