[mdlug] Update on scam protection, take 2

Jonathan Billings billings at negate.org
Tue Mar 19 17:17:22 EDT 2024


On Mar 19, 2024, at 10:15, Carl T. Miller <carl at carltm.com> wrote:
> 
> I had heard of something that can surreptitiously allow
> scammers to hijack sessions, allowing them to login
> without knowing a user's credentials.
> 
> This video tells more about it and ways to protect your
> sessions.  Although it is mostly focused on Windows, it's
> good to be aware of this, especially if you help support
> family and friends.

How can we be sure *this* message wasn’t sent from a hijacked session?!?!?! :)

BTW, what kind of session are you talking about?

-- 
Jonathan Billings


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