From Newsgroup: sci.electronics.design
On 7/2/2026 10:10 AM, Edward Rawde wrote:
"Don Y" <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote in message news:112636p$2o0kb$1@dont-email.me...
<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/opinion/hacking-ai-leaks-shame.html>
Yet another reason to keep on-site control of EVERYTHING.
Fire the assistant who didn't know how to check whether the message origin was
red flagged a database like this one. https://www.abuseipdb.com/check/35.195.155.221
Even if it's clear I'd still check the associated /24 https://www.abuseipdb.com/check-block/35.195.155.0/24
The Internet was designed for a benevolent exchange of information
and communication. So, dealing with hostile actors is a bolt-on
("bag") approach to the problem.
[This is true of many such technologies -- CID, swatting, etc.]
Most of the Internet is blocked inbound to my own email servers.
Exceptions are added to a whitelist as necessary.
This doesn't eliminate unwanted messages but it considerably reduces them.
I let someone who has skill and staff handle my email. I see *no*
spam. And, the only "suspicious" messages we've received have been the
result of friends being hacked (and their address books exposed; delete
the email account that was exposed and give the hacked friend access
to another account that is equally easy to track usage (and delete, if required).
[Most recent hack was a "friend" (name mispelled -- red flag!) claiming to need $400 to buy a gift for his niece (red flag). But, he was "away from
his phone" (red flag) so wanted me to buy some gift cards (red flag) and
"send him the codes off the cards". The guy on the other end of the line
was dismayed when I offered to "drop by... "NO! Don't do that!" Of course,
I phoned him to alert him to the scam -- but not before his ex-wife
got screwed. (I wonder if he saw that as a good or bad thing? :> ]
[[Before that, one of SWMBO's friends sent her a phishing email -- so,
a quick phone call to her informing her that her email had been hacked
and/or taken over so she could alert HER friends, by phone...]]
Trying to educate people to do any of the above is, of course, a waste of time.
This is the problem. In a world where people can't sort out how
to set the time on a VCR, trying to explain anything more involved
than "right for gas, left for brake" is a fool's errand.
And, people keep designing products and protocols with the same
flawed concepts, rationalizing that "no one would hack a pace maker..."
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