The Web is spooky. Privacy. Security. Exploits. Cloud storage that disappears, or sites that own our content because we let them. But right now I fear passwords and 2factor Authentication are the ghosts in my machines. What is the scariest aspect of the Internet and Web for you?
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For me, it's someone getting access to my machine or online accounts somehow. I kept getting emails about compromised accounts a while ago, for months, sometimes every day, and it's weird, as I think people would see me as mad or lying if I shared it, but now I will. It was
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Replying to @ninalangs
Oh that's awful Nina :( I personally would reach out if it were someone I had a sense of as being very different than what starts to appear on a timeline. I was a teacher in a former life grading handwritten papers, so I got fairly good at associating style to person. xo

Nov 1, 2022 · 12:27 AM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
All sites blocked the attempts, but I needed to change my settings all the time. But, it was concerning and annoying at the time. What is funny is that my partner actually got his Instagram account hacked, which was without any content, and they changed the profile pic and
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Oh I hate that, but FB and Instagram, well, especially prone to this. And my @mollydotcom account was stolen and no employee formerly at Twitter before Musk Madness cared to remember me and restore it (I was introduced to Twitter by Ev and Biz, and the latter was once a friend :(
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