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The only thing that really makes this novel is that we have become accustomed to receiving automated texts from random numbers we've never seen before. If texts
by QuercusMax 11y ago
The only thing that really makes this novel is that we have become accustomed to receiving automated texts from random numbers we've never seen before. If texts had some way of proving identity, this would be much less likely to work.
- soylentcola 11y agoSure, but I guess I'd never reply unless I specifically had just requested a pass reset or something similar. I get that this social engineering trick is like most others and preys on people who don't think about what they're typing or replying to, but isn't that the case with a lot of similar tactics? If a malicious actor can trick someone into giving out a PIN or a password by impersonating their email host or bank or whatever, their work is relatively easy.