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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://blackqueer.life/@FinalGirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FinalGirl</span></a></span> <em>THIS</em> shows me whx it's important to ban <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a>...</p>
Martin Nutty<p>Any other 60 YOL types being spammed by lots of very attractive women followers?</p><p>Like I know I’m super attractive and everything but I didn’t think I exuded that kind of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SilverFox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilverFox</span></a> magnetism</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SpamBot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpamBot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Seriously, the only thing anyone gets from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamming</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discord</span></a> or anything else unsolicitly into my DMs is a block &amp; report as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spammer</span></a>. </p><ul><li>Espechally if you are the 4th (!!!) copy &amp; paste account sending the exact same bs to me!</li></ul><p><a href="https://unipar.online/@nicole41" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">unipar.online/@nicole41</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spambot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spambot</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Nicole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nicole</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FediverseChick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediverseChick</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Apparently <a href="https://mastodon.luanti.ru" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mastodon.luanti.ru</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a> instance.</p><p>Why else would there be such <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spambots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spambots</span></a>:</p><ul><li><a href="https://mastodon.luanti.ru/@nicole17" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mastodon.luanti.ru/@nicole17</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://mastodon.luanti.ru/@nicole30" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mastodon.luanti.ru/@nicole30</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></li></ul><p>I suspect this instance doesn't even limut account amounts per IP...</p>
Sam Oldman 🐀<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> Oh, yes. "Hi my name is Nicole from Toronto and I'm making identical accounts everywhere." <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamming</span></a></p>
Jayne :wales_flag:🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈<p>Note to <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Spammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spammers</span></a>!</p><p>Try to avoid <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a> instance moderators…it won’t end well for you 🤦</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/admin/reports/1604" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">toot.wales/admin/reports/1604</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tiggi.es/@DeltaWye" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DeltaWye</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://corteximplant.com/@SynAck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SynAck</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pounced-on.me/@Kuniti_shino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Kuniti_shino</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.de/@ErikUden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ErikUden</span></a></span> OFC that's the nature of most services tht are open t new users.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abuse</span></a> being a statistical inevitability:</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitter</span></a> (rather <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Teitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teitter</span></a> before <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mus</span></a> ruined it!) had <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>API</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RateLimiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RateLimiting</span></a> to make <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a> less effective (255 Statuses per 24hrs) even back when <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TweetDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TweetDeck</span></a> was a seperate company...</p><ul><li>Making dynamical limits that instantly lockout i.e. brand new accounts sending the same.message to 10+ others as a DM within 48 hours of registration should act as a speed-bump to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spammers</span></a>. </li></ul><p>It won't prevent it entirely but make it more cumbersome.</p><ul><li>Sadly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Developers</span></a> <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/28605" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">refuse to acknowledge the need for efficient filtering.and ban list managment</a> that every other web-facing application / system can do using blocklist feeds.</li></ul><p>This prevents remediation and correction of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/banlists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banlists</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/blocklists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blocklists</span></a>, leaving <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/95bab7b3601030e7ad57bfc0516fa91362c8fcd5/blocklists.list.tsv#L21" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a lot if domains burned forever</a> as the only.options are <em>"replace"</em> and <em>"merge"</em> and the average <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> admin or even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/User" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>User</span></a> isn't going to learn or setup a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>git</span></a>!</p><ul><li>which is frustrating as I maintain <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/activitypub.domains.block.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">multiple</a> blocklists to help cleaning up the mess.</li></ul><p>I.e. there isn't really a good way to combat <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Typosquatting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Typosquatting</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phishing</span></a> beyond <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/typos.domains.block.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">banning.offending domains</a>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hoosier.social/@KrissyKat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KrissyKat</span></a></span> espechally since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumbers</span></a> are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a> isn't prosecuted as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/felony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felony</span></a> and even if one doesn't live in a cyberfacist dystopia that demands <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a>"</em> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Prepaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prepaid</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIM</span></a>|s they'd still have an expense.</p><ul><li>Also I find almost all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Newsletters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newsletters</span></a> to be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ValueRemoving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ValueRemoving</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spam</span></a> they could've offered via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSS</span></a> instead or better yet, not at all!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@standingpad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>standingpad</span></a></span> personally, I just add all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spammers</span></a> to my <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/spammers.domains.block.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">blocklist</a>, report them for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a> at their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hoster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hoster</span></a>|s, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISP</span></a>|s and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rdgistrar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rdgistrar</span></a>|s and sent them angry cease-and-decist demanding them to delete <em>all</em> data they ever acquired about me and ban them from ever contacting me again or visiting any of my sites or social media profiles &amp; posts!</p><ul><li>Works like a charm!!!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@TheGuardian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheGuardian</span></a></span> The Problem is the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LackOfAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LackOfAccountability</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LackOfConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LackOfConsequences</span></a> are the problem.</p><ul><li><p>The facts are that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ColdMailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColdMailing</span></a> is not a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/felony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felony</span></a> in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>.</p></li><li><p>Big <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hosters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hosters</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Registrars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Registrars</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GoDaddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoDaddy</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NameCheap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NameCheap</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudFlare</span></a> are not just accidentially complicit by stochastic fact that they are Oligopolists in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hosting</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Domains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Domains</span></a>, but</p></li><li><p>also <em>actively working against</em> anyone who wants to report <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abuse</span></a> of their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Services</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/illicit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illicit</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/banned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banned</span></a> use-cases. </p></li><li><p>This starts with refusal to process <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AbuseReports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseReports</span></a> to literally <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/doxxing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doxxing</span></a> any report to their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/clients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clients</span></a>... </p></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AskMeHowIKnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMeHowIKnow</span></a>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> TBH, I think that <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiSpam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiSpam</span></a>"</em> is a bad excuse, because it penalizes honest users and enables abusers who have entire number blocks to spare...</p><ul><li><p>Furthermore it also allows LEAs to track who is a Signal user, and in sple places (i.e. Belgium) using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a>|s is enough to get a warrant for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/wuretapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wuretapping</span></a> signed, so it only adds <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cost</span></a> to onboard and no benefit to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/users" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>users</span></a>.</p></li><li><p>They could've chosen different approaches to combatting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spam</span></a>, ranging from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Invites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invites</span></a> to a slowly growing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trust</span></a>-level system that makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a> costly, slow and unfeasible on the platform.</p></li></ul><p>Sadly, I'm not being paid to fix this and thus I'm not allowed to fix it at all...</p>
Sam Oldman 🐀<p>I wonder if the owners of the small neglected mastodon instances that have been used to send huge quantities of spam are going to be shocked when they see their February cloud computing bills. <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamming</span></a></p>
Mitex LeoNo more spamming on NixOrigin!<br> <br> Thanks <a class="u-url" href="https://nixorigin.one/@dansup@mastodon.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dansup@mastodon.social</a> 😊 <br> <br> <a href="https://nixorigin.one/discover/tags/spamming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spamming</a> <a href="https://nixorigin.one/discover/tags/spam?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spam</a> <a href="https://nixorigin.one/discover/tags/fediverse?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://nixorigin.one/discover/tags/mastodon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://nixorigin.one/discover/tags/nixorigin?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nixorigin</a> <a href="https://nixorigin.one/discover/tags/pixelfed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pixelfed</a>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ioc.exchange/@kevinriggle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kevinriggle</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dalias</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@timixretroplays" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>timixretroplays</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@misty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>misty</span></a></span> </p><p>I guess forcing them is a necessity then.</p><p>If we let Tech-Illiterates dictate stuff, we'd not progress at all!</p><p>Personally I see "Use XMPP+OMEMO or eMail with PGP/MIME !" as a sufficient filter against Spam... </p><p>Simply disregarding unencrypted comms works!!!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/111956104031695726" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1119561</span><span class="invisible">04031695726</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliteracy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Communication</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DMs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spam</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SpamFlood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpamFlood</span></a></p>
Roni Laukkarinen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@admin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>admin</span></a></span> Hmm, interesting. He joined on January 21st with a reason: ”I want to join the greate community and to chat with other members and to contribute to the community” and I suspended him February 6th because of spam. So he could have not caused further spam from my server because I do not have open registration. But I may be a target because of this.</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moderation</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spam</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/MastoAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/SpamAttack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpamAttack</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/FediverseSpam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediverseSpam</span></a></p>
Roni Laukkarinen<p>Me lately on the <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/FediverseSpam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediverseSpam</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spam</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/MastoAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoAdmin</span></a></p>
Brendan Jones<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSA</span></a> for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> who put lots of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/inline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inline</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hashtags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hashtags</span></a> in their <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/posts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>posts</span></a>, especially for words that aren’t <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/even" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>even</span></a> the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/topic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>topic</span></a> of the post: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/please" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>please</span></a> stop it. </p><p>You’re hashtag <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamming</span></a> and your post <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/is" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>is</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/horrible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horrible</span></a> to read. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/One" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>One</span></a> or <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/two" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>two</span></a> inline hashtags per post, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/max" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>max</span></a>. Otherwise put <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/them" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>them</span></a> at the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/end" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>end</span></a> of the post. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/put" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>put</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/the" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>the</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hashtags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hashtags</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/down" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>down</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/here" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>here</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/pretty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pretty</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/please" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>please</span></a></p>
Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 <p>🥥 Oh look! <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a> has begun on the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a>!<br>Just today eye got my first ad for a get-rich quick scheme:<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@brenda_maria/111007924392438580" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@brenda_maria/</span><span class="invisible">111007924392438580</span></a><br>PS: No thank you. I liked <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> the way it was when I got here. 🥥</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@deilann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>deilann</span></a></span> The problem is that proactive screening of signups doesn't really work and demaning it would most likely just be weaoinized to demand all social networks to instate "ID Verification" instead...</p><p>Which is a terrible idea for more reasons than it could 'fix'... </p><p>I'd only thing that works is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a> and enforcement of rules...</p><p>Personally, I'd rather deny-list all <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Freemailers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freemailers</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/eMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eMail</span></a> from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Domains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Domains</span></a> that have <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WHOIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WHOIS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> or are known for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamming</span></a> instead.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mastodonmigration</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://federate.social/@profcarroll" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>profcarroll</span></a></span> </p><p>1. I'm not scaring anyone.</p><p>2. I see the problem that the :fediverse: is centralizing in a single instance like mastodon.social :mastodon: as a real issue.</p><p>3. Just like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Spamhaus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spamhaus</span></a>'s denylistings, such community self-defense actions are dynamic and not 100% permanent...</p><p>4. It's good to see <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamming</span></a> being not just frowned upon, but actually acted upon.</p>