First Trump now TapeOp (Russian Interference)
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First Trump now TapeOp (Russian Interference)
What the hell is going on lately with all the russian spam bots? Why is this little community being targeted? Surely there are bigger fish out there that they could mess with.
Just wanted to say thank you to the MOds for dealing with all this BS.
Just wanted to say thank you to the MOds for dealing with all this BS.
Re: First Trump now TapeOp (Russian Interference)
Is there a way to attach an authentication system when creating an account, like captcha? Or preventing new accounts from making new threads? I thought TOMB had a secret handshake...
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They mighta got it from Wikileaks ...
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Re: First Trump now TapeOp (Russian Interference)
I have turned off user registration via email confirmation to try and fight this.
This means I'm now looking at every user registration.
There are various authentication means(capcha, etc.), most are circumventable by bots.
As a starting point, I changed the question asked when registering.
I guess verifying users beats constantly banning and deleting posts
This means I'm now looking at every user registration.
There are various authentication means(capcha, etc.), most are circumventable by bots.
As a starting point, I changed the question asked when registering.
I guess verifying users beats constantly banning and deleting posts
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Re: First Trump now TapeOp (Russian Interference)
thank you! yet another reason this is such a great forum
take that vladimir!
take that vladimir!
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Re: First Trump now TapeOp (Russian Interference)
Yes, we need human oversight on this, at least for the time being. Thanks for such a wonderful job!!!tomb wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2018 4:40 pmI have turned off user registration via email confirmation to try and fight this.
This means I'm now looking at every user registration.
There are various authentication means(capcha, etc.), most are circumventable by bots.
As a starting point, I changed the question asked when registering.
I guess verifying users beats constantly banning and deleting posts
Howling at the neighbors. Hoping they have more mic cables.
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Re: First Trump now TapeOp (Russian Interference)
Thanks for the vigilance. I must confess I don't understand what all these spambots aim to achieve, since the ad posts only serve to annoy and would never convince anyone to buy, reply, or otherwise acknowledge them...
Jim Legere
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Re: First Trump now TapeOp (Russian Interference)
And for those of you keeping score at home, the new oversight has stemmed the flood of new user registrations, all the new spam messages are by those previously registered.
Carry on....
tomb
Carry on....
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Re: First Trump now TapeOp (Russian Interference)
These bots are most likely "phishing" bots. When you click on their link, you go to one other their websites. Which is full of hacking software, and can do all sorts of damage, from installing malware, spyware, etc.jimjazzdad wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:44 amThanks for the vigilance. I must confess I don't understand what all these spambots aim to achieve, since the ad posts only serve to annoy and would never convince anyone to buy, reply, or otherwise acknowledge them...
Best to never click on their lists. Unless you want to torch your computer and get a new one.
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Thanks to the Mods for the work they do!
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