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   Furcationland is Birthday Con (sec_yote_agenda@mstdn.party)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 01:47:06 JST Furcationland is Birthday Con

   Remember kids, any online account can be hacked at any time.

   Anyone who gives you grief for asking basic identity-confirming questions merits an immediate red flag.

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     Silver Huskey (silver_huskey@fandom.ink)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 01:47:02 JST Silver Huskey

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     @sec_yote_agenda I've been getting these weird requests on Telegram. I've just gotten to the point where I start blocking.

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     Silver Huskey (silver_huskey@fandom.ink)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 02:34:30 JST Silver Huskey

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     @sec_yote_agenda Good point! And it's a great reminder how anyone can be hacked as you said. I'm just amused at how it's the same language as random accounts that claim to know you, then immediately ask for a picture.

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     Furcationland is Birthday Con (sec_yote_agenda@mstdn.party)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 02:34:31 JST Furcationland is Birthday Con

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     • Silver Huskey

     @silver_huskey Oh, this wasn't a request, this was 'someone with a phone number you had in your contacts just joined'.

     But the generic responses combined with the anomalous request for a pic put me on Yellow Alert.

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     Silver Huskey (silver_huskey@fandom.ink)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 03:08:12 JST Silver Huskey

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     @sec_yote_agenda Lots of little red flags there. :blobcat3c:

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     Furcationland is Birthday Con (sec_yote_agenda@mstdn.party)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 03:08:13 JST Furcationland is Birthday Con

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     • Silver Huskey

     @silver_huskey I should note that while I haven't talked with him in years, I was also a little surprised by the idea that he would have just (re)joined TG. AFAIK he's been on there the whole time; we just haven't been corresponding.