Notices by Sandrockcstm, in space! (sandrockcstm@orbitalstation.one)

@ludicity Start talking in parables.

"Consider the ferret. It carries neither bitcoin nor AI, and yet it makes it's way on this earth as all creatures do: with a sql database and if-else statements."

People are being kind of smug about the FBI announcent not to text anymore, and I understand why... But there's a bigger problem than your texts to aunt Edna being intercepted.

Your mfa codes that are texted to you are now fully compromised. And a lot of websites only have sms mfa. That's the real story here. We've known for a while sms mfa was insecure because it's susceptible to SIM cloning and hijacking but there's now confirmation of man-in-the-middle happening. That's 10x worse.

Avoid BetterHelp at all costs.

BetterHelp just settled with the FTC for $7.8 million for sharing email addresses, ip addresses, and questionnaire answers with Facebook and Snapchat. They also instructed their customer service agents to lie that they were not doing this, and put a HIPAA seal on their website despite no agency certifying them as HIPAA compliant.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/2/23622227/betterhelp-customer-data-advertising-privacy-facebook-snapchat