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939 sats \ 24 comments \ @grayruby 20h security

As @realBitcoinDog would say GRAYRUBY is a stupid stupid man.

Signed up for the Satoshi Sharps NFL Survivor pool. The group chat is on telegram which I have never used. I downloaded the app and signed up with my phone number. I of course used my standard grayruby user name.

I get a message this morning "Hey boss" and immediately thought "what is this? Is this someone from the football pool chat trying to direct message me?".

Nope. Someone who used to work for me. Apparently I was discoverable on telegram to any of my phone contacts who also use telegram. Womp Womp.

I found and changed the setting but I may need to kill my former employee now. Just kidding (maybe).

Stay vigilant stackers. Don't be a stupid stupid man like GRAYRUBY.

Sats for all, GR

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52 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 15h

I absolutely hate these privacy disrespecting default settings.

The thing that shocked me was that the default setting for Venmo is to publicize all the money you're sending around to other people. Like, who the f*** thought that was information that by default should be public??

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 14h

I agree

People like to publicize their payments on Venmo like it’s a public blockchain or something

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 4h

My payments are not social media

51 sats \ 3 replies \ @BlokchainB 19h

Yup I doxx myself all the time. It happens to the best of us. If you come to TABCONF this year I will be doxxed in IRL.

But another reason why I hate telegram. Telegram is the reason I got scammed.

51 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 19h

Its also a honeypot for Intel agencies. Better use matrix.

79 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 17h

Tox is good too.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @tttooocccooolll 18h

Do you feel comfortable sharing the scam tale?

51 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 17h

Oof. That sucks -- sorry to hear it. But yeah, eliminating everyone in your contact list (wife and offspring excluded, assuming you trust them) is probably the only safe thing to do now.

51 sats \ 2 replies \ @Car 17h

Telegram is a honeypot. Signal is just as bad. Only thing left is IRL.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 3h

maybe bitchat is the answer?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 16h

Tox is often overlooked but perhaps the most secure of all.

51 sats \ 0 replies \ @bief57 17h

Yes, that's the problem with Telegram. As soon as you open an account, all your contacts who have this app receive a message saying, "This person is now on Telegram."

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 20h

Eek. I feel for you

122 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 20h

It's ok. He is a cool guy. It's my fault, I didn't check the settings but I was surprised that telegram which is supposed to be privacy focused defaults to discoverable.

51 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 20h

It’s definitely way too easy to mess it up IMO

51 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 19h

And to make matters worse, Telegram sends a notification to all your mobile contacts that you've joined Telegram, as if to say:

HEY, come check it out, this boy joined Telegram...!!!

51 sats \ 1 reply \ @gnilma 19h

It's not easy to get guns in our country, but if you need sharp knives or need to sharpen your knives for a clean cut, hit me up. I'm pretty good at sharpening.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 18h

Haha

51 sats \ 1 reply \ @SwapMarket 20h

yeah, never give Telegram access to your contacts and hide your phone number in settings.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 20h

Yeah. My mistake.

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Themis 17h

I hate when telegram does this.

111 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 19h

If you need any help from Indian dakus, I may arrange some.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @tttooocccooolll 18h

Sorry man. Thats sucks. At least it’s someone you know and (presumably) trust. :(

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 4h

I have it on good authority that @supercyclone knows who you are IRL