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LinuxNews.deHeute oder morgen gibt es eine Aktualisierung meiner Inbox-Regeln. Dabei ist z.B. ein Fix für Amazon Bestellbestätigungen - die enthalten nun den Artikelnamen…Es kann mir keiner erzählen, dass das noch normal ist - wie soll das bitte ein normaler Mensch filtern können? Die werden mit ihren 1GB-Freemail Postfächern einfach zugeballert, bis die Mailbox voll ist. Meine Nerven danken ganz hart <a href="https://social.mailbox.org/@mailbox_org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mailbox_org</a> für die Bereitstellung von Sieve!<a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/sieve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sieve</a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/mailboxorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mailboxorg</a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/mailflut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mailflut</a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spam</a>

Grow Your Own Services 🌱The Fediverse is still being hit by the "Fediverse Girl" spam, and it seems to be coming from servers that have instant sign-ups open.If you run a Fediverse server, please consider switching to approval-based sign-ups to prevent spammers flooding the Fedi.<a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FediAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediAdmin</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spam</a>

Paul Chambers🚧<a href="https://mementomori.social/@rolle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rolle</a> My selfhosted instance running list is:@nicole34@expressional.social @nicole53@chinanews.social @nicole72@formu1a.social @nicole82@mastodon.holeyfox.co @nicole14@chinanews.social @nicole79@toot.io @nicole25@photodn.net @nicole78@mstdn.ro @nicole92@toot.fan*It keeps coming back on Chinanews.social <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/FediverseChick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediverseChick</a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spam</a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Fediblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediblock</a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/MastoAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoAdmin</a> .

Roni LaukkarinenCan we get rid of the Fediverse Chick already? This is starting to get on my nerves 😅 :mastodon_oops:<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spam</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/FediverseChick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediverseChick</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/SpamWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpamWave</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/MastoAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoAdmin</a>

David B. HimselfWe need to talk about Nicole. Am I the only one who gets messages from Nicole, a "Polish girl from Canada" (sic) who invites me to join a bunch of things? And every time I block her, she reappears a few days later with the exact same DM from a new instance. What can we do about this kind of spam? Not much I guess, besides playing whack a mole? <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Spam" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spam</a> <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/scam" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scam</a> <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Nicole" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nicole</a>

Łukasz HorodeckiPytanie do osób ze skrzynkami pocztowymi na pol.social: do was też przychodzi tyle polskiego spamu? Nigdzie publicznie nie podawałem tego adresu, a właściwie od samego momentu założenia go regularnie dostaję spam z kont w domenach ze zrzutu, z powtarzającymi się imionami i nazwiskami.<a href="https://pol.social/tags/polsocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polsocial</a> <a href="https://pol.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spam</a> <a href="https://pol.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#email</a>

Allen Very Serious VersfeldHey everybody! New spambot instance just dropped for your blocklists:social.freysa.aiSpamming hashtags with vaguely relevant posts that don't say much. From the few accounts I examined, it seems like they're gearing up to push crypto-based, get-rich-quick scams.Also, the sudden massive volume of "Give me 500 social media posts about how cool citizen science is, in a friendly, positive tone" prompts, from random brand-new accounts all blasting out at the exact same time, is a bit of a giveaway.<a href="https://mastodon.monoceros.co.za/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.monoceros.co.za/tags/BlockList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlockList</a> <a href="https://mastodon.monoceros.co.za/tags/mastoadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastoadmin</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:I'm finally seeing the new kind of spambot showing up at my blog, and it's way worse than the old kinds.Like, I'm seriously wondering whether I have to turn off comments _except_ from the Federation, which may end up being what saves blog comments.<a href="https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/03/09/mission-unfortunately-accomplished/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/03/09/mission-unfortunately-accomplished/</a><a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/AiSpam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AiSpam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blogging</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/CommentSpam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommentSpam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/comments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comments</a>

@BjornW@mastodon.socialHad to leave <a href="https://chaos.social/@librewolf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@librewolf</a> Matrix group due to it getting spammed & people participating in this group getting invite spam including myself. Apparently there is no option to counter this in <a href="https://mastodon.matrix.org/@element" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@element</a> or in the <a href="https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@matrix</a> specs? Maybe it could be a bit less annoying if the room was invite only? Anyways, I'm not willing to deal with this abuse & my only option was to leave this room for now. Pretty sad & angry about this type of behaviour still happening. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abuse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Matrix</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>

Marcel WaldvogelWann immer <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spam</a>|wellen durchs Land fluten ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit hoch, dass dich gerade jemand für dumm verkaufen und auf deine leichtgläubige Kosten reich werden will.An einem aktuellen Beispiel nehme ich euch mit auf das Abenteuer, eine solche Webseite selbst zu erkunden. Und anhand von 12 einfachen Regeln (meist reicht Regel 1 😊 schon aus), selbst Spreu von Weizen trennen zu können.<a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Betrug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Betrug</a> <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scam</a> <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/SwissBitcoinETF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SwissBitcoinETF</a> <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/UplineETF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UplineETF</a> 📰 <a href="https://dnip.ch/2024/04/24/wie-viel-swissness-und-bitcoin-steckt-in-swissbitcoin-etf-betrug-erkennung/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dnip.ch/2024/04/24/wie-viel-swissness-und-bitcoin-steckt-in-swissbitcoin-etf-betrug-erkennung/</a> 🧵 <a href="https://waldvogel.family/@marcel/112326482735622935" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://waldvogel.family/@marcel/112326482735622935</a>

adminThe mastospam is getting a bit relentless, so I have set limits on all these instances for now:idic.social netcup.social airwaves.social mstdn.funil.de social.nofftopia.com mastodon.london batchats.net ellis.social witten.social social.boom.army selfhosted.cafe meow.lgbt dindon.one mastodon.joaoleitao.org social.uggs.io k18plus.social xreality.social dindon.one social.uggs.io k18plus.social onlybsds.com mastdn.social<a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#spam</a>

Marcel WaldvogelIm Juni wird eine Sicherheitslücke entdeckt: Die zur Mailauslieferung notwendige "Zusammenarbeit" zwischen Mailservern lässt sich austricksen, um falsche Absender unterzujubeln. So wird <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spam</a> und <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Phishing</a> Tür und Tor geöffnet.Die Entdecker wissen von 11 Systemen (Mailprovider, Softwarehersteller), die betroffen sind. Informieren aber nur 3 davon. Ein Versuch der Klärung der Hintergründe vor dem <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/37C3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#37C3</a>-Vortrag heute. <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/SMTPSmuggling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SMTPSmuggling</a> 📰 <a href="https://dnip.ch/2023/12/22/nicht-wirklich-responsible-disclosure-die-extraportion-spam-ueber-die-festtage/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dnip.ch/2023/12/22/nicht-wirklich-responsible-disclosure-die-extraportion-spam-ueber-die-festtage/</a> 🧵 <a href="https://waldvogel.family/@marcel/111622567290149119" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://waldvogel.family/@marcel/111622567290149119</a>

Kee HinckleyI'm overdue for an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a>, especially with all you new followers…so here goes.I'm a software engineer with a degree in Anthropology. I highly recommend the combo.Most recently I was tech lead for Scaled Human Review at Meta. I worked in the Integrity Foundation (what other companies call "Trust and Safety") on Better Engineering initiatives and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Metaverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metaverse</a> integration, with the teams that build human review software for the 30-40K external reviewers. I'd sworn I’d never work at Facebook, but I decided to see if I could make a difference. I couldn’t. And it wasn't a good fit for either of us. But I learned a lot about how the sausages are made and why they have such a hard time with <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/contentmoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contentmoderation</a>.I've been on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> for four decades (seriously, I saw someone catfished in chat in 1978—this stuff isn't new), and virtually everyone I know I met online somewhere—many I've still never met in person. Needless to say, that's made me pretty passionate about making online communities safe for everyone, and especially marginalized groups.I'm now a freelance <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/consultant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#consultant</a>, working on my own projects (I'll write more on that later), and with my wife's <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/consulting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#consulting</a> company (see below). I'm planning to do a lot more writing about <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#society</a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> (as well some <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFF</a>), and to travel more.I tend to write long posts (like this one). They may get shorter once my blog is back up. I don't stick to one topic, but I'll try to tag them so you can filter. I post about tech stuff (recent, as well as old geeky <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Unix</a> stuff), <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#social</a> issues, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> issues (especially the T), pretty <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photos</a>, and random personal anecdotes. When I boost, it's because I think it's something that might be interesting to someone, or some group, that follows me. Those tend to include all the above topics, plus SF&F-related things, and cool science stuff.I'm <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pan</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/poly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poly</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonbinary</a> (or <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/genderqueer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genderqueer</a>, if you prefer). I prefer "they" for pronouns, but "he" is fine. I spent most of my life thinking I really was a straight cis man who just happened to be a bit quirky and a passionate and tearful ally, so I'm not too picky about how you refer to me. I'm also more than happy to answer any questions about all that, public or private.I grew up mostly in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a> and then lived in Massachusetts for a long time, but I now live on sovereign <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Swinomish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Swinomish</a> land in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonState</a> (US), on the edge of the San Juan islands. Despite my first name (that's a story) and current location, I'm not Native American, although I focus a lot on Native American rights. My parents were both active in that area, and that was my introduction to civil rights in general.I've been a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> engineer at various levels (from programmer to CTO to company founder) for 40+ years. I learned BASIC in high school, taught myself Pascal, FORTRAN and PL/1 in college, learned C as an intern at Bell Labs (Murray Hill, one floor up from the Unix crew), and went on from there. In college, I majored in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anthropology</a> with a concentration in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Psychology</a>, and that's influenced the way I look at software ever since. Software is designed for people. Software systems build communities (whether intended or not). Anyone who does that damn well better understand how people and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communities</a> work. I've worked for Bell Labs (psych stats), Sperry Research (window systems, UX design), Apollo/HP (programmable shell, windowing systems, Unix porting, UX design), Bright Ideas (cookbook, educational games), OSF (windowing standards), Alfalfa (multimedia email - SMTP *and* X.400 :)), Wildfire (phone-based voice assistant), Utopia/USWeb (web and security consulting), Saroca (small boats), Messagefire (anti- <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spam</a> software), MessageGate (corporate compliance software), Somewhere (software consulting), ZeeVee (web video aggregation, metadata scraping), TiVo (video content correlation, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metadata</a> pipelines), and Meta. Plus a few others.I've been with my wife, Dr. Mollie Pepper, for over a decade. She's a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/sociologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sociologist</a> with a focus on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/refugee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#refugee</a> migration, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a>, and violence; the kind of work that gives you PTSD. She did her dissertation on women's roles in the (now extremely defunct) peace process in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Myanmar</a> (aka <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Burma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Burma</a>). A year ago she was at a military base frantically processing thousands of Afghan refugees and managing translators. She has a consulting company that specializes in evaluating and designing refugee service and placement programs. You can find her at <a href="https://carlsonpepper.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://carlsonpepper.com/</a>. Everything I know about <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feminism</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/intersectionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intersectionality</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queer</a> theory, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CRT</a>, and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> I either learned from her, or she gave me the theoretical underpinnings to understand them properly.I have two grown daughters from my first marriage with Nassim Fotouhi; a kick-ass software engineer/engineering manager who came to the States just before the Iranian revolution.Shadi Fotouhi is an artist (see my profile background photo, go look up the drug codes and compare them to the mermaids' behavior) turned software engineer; building dynamic room installations will do that to you. She worked in QA at a gaming company, and then at Jibo; a robotics startup. Now she's a senior software engineer at Wayfair--Kubernetes, release configuration, and all that fun stuff.Shireen Hinckley is a documentarian, digital image technician, video editor, and co-founder of Somewhere Films (<a href="https://www.somewherefilms.com/shireen-hinckley" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.somewherefilms.com/shireen-hinckley</a>); a womxn's filmmaking collective. She works for <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Beyonc%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Beyoncé</a> at Parkwood Entertainment, where she's an editor and post-production supervisor for all of their video releases. She worked on "Black is King" and just about every video since then, whether it's for Instagram, Times Square, Tiffany's, the Oscars, or Chloe x Halle. No, I can't tell you when the Renaissance visual album will be out—but it will be amazing.I'm incredibly honored to have those wonderful women in my life. I wouldn't be who I am without them.A couple other things that may come up, especially in my photos. My mother is an artist who lives in Maine in a round house she designed, and the family built, when I was in high school. And I'm part owner of a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lighthouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lighthouse</a> on Cape Cod.--kee

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