Elizabeth, Knife-Shoe Enthusiast: I literally made my parents watch it. Afterward, there was a quiz.

I am once again asking you to consider that an entire information ecosystem established as the primary form of communication over a hundred years and allegedly regulated by the federal government was destroyed by scammers virtually overnight and we just don’t, like, ever talk about it

The first rule of avoiding scam calls is to never answer unknown numbers, and even some known ones. Curious? Bored? Worried it’s an emergency? Wait the extra minute it takes for the call to go to voice mail, then decide if it’s legitimate.

Sick of scams? Stop answering your phone.www.washingtonpost.com Phone scams are still hugely popular — and they depend entirely on people curious enough to answer.

also this obliterated communications system is how we report on who’s gonna be president

wapo: don’t answer your phone also wapo: we’ve spent millions of dollars on phone polls and that’s bad for biden

I am against capital punishment but I think they should publicly execute exactly one phone scammer just to see how I feel about it then

what if The Beekeper with Jason Statham, but for realzies

Made the elders watch the first 4 minutes of the movie to give them insight as to what (dramatized for the plot) goes on when they click the random popup or answer unknown calls

I literally made my parents watch it. Afterward, there was a quiz.

#infosec and other IT Security people everywhere, watching the opening scene of that film: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! PUT THE PHONE DOWN! NOOOO! DON'T CALL DON'T DON'T NO wait wait oh good she's going to WHAT NOOOOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOO OH NO OH NO OH NO cc: @racheltobac.bsky.social

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