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   Tekniquelly correct (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 03:19:54 JST Tekniquelly correct

   I talked to my company today and told them how phishers use a sense of 1) danger, and 2) urgency, to push smart people to do rash things. I offered to be their personal, confidential fear consultant: “hey, I got this scary thing. Is it real?” Let me do the worrying for them.

   This, more than goofy phishing tests that make people feel dumb, is how we help our friends avoid scams.

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     Tekniquelly correct (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 03:19:53 JST Tekniquelly correct

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     • Diabolic Preacher ♒

     @dpreacher Yep. I told them all, in front of our CEO (who agreed with me), that no one will *ever* contact them about something important via SMS or email. We're a small company: if someone needs something, they can just ask in person. If it ever *did* happen that an exec got mad at an employee for ignoring phishy looking emails or texts, I'd stick up for them immediately. "We train them not to do this!"

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     Diabolic Preacher ♒ (dpreacher@freeradical.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 03:19:54 JST Diabolic Preacher ♒

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     @tek hopefully guide them against spearphishing and convincing deepfake ads and calls which adds the deception layer of faked authority. people often put not risking insubordination above ignoring other virtues.