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| Decepticon:
danooct1 did a neat video about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6uNvBBWBJw |
| Shift Kitty:
edit: whoops decepticon beat me to it |
| Swollow:
--- Quote from: AutoBahn on May 04, 2017, 12:40:38 PM ---3) all Google did to 'fix it' was they nabbed the phisher responsible. They haven't actually done anything beyond that last I checked (not like they could anyway due to how the attack is perpetrated). --- End quote --- how the heck do you 'fix' something like this? |
| AutoBahn:
--- Quote from: Swollow on May 04, 2017, 04:27:54 PM ---how the heck do you 'fix' something like this? --- End quote --- The best thing they can really do is adjust whatever algorithm or system they use to detect spam and phishing attempts to account for this, really, which they appear to have done by now. Besides that, like I said, it's not really a fixable thing, so |
| Super Suit 12:
Phishing isn't hacking. That's just taking advantage of idiots who hit OK on everything. When something asks for high-level permissions like that and doesn't need them, you should have 10 kinds of alarms going off in your head screaming "SCAM! FAKE! PHISHING!" |
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