I just got a really weird PM

[PowerGlove]

@NotATether, I see. I thought you were saying that you don't see anything in the lower-left when you hover over a link.

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[NotATether]

@NotATether, I see. I thought you were saying that you don't see anything in the lower-left when you hover over a link.

Nah, that part has always been good. I use vanilla chromium with no extensions anyway.

I forgot to include this part, but when hovering over the link, the box should make the main domain name in bold text, for damn's sake.

[LoyceV]

The subdomains are hidden, so that less people get fooled. Most people will only look at the left-most part of the URL to see what website they are on, and hackers take advantage of that.

I would hate that "feature" in my browser. I like being able to see the subdomains, and my screen is big enough to highlight an unexpectedly long URL. It could be useful on small mobile screens though.

I already dislike how Chromium hides the "http://", which only pops up when I click to edit (and then moves the entire URL to the right).

[hilariousandco]

That sixmj account merited the below post yesterday:

#Proof of authentication
telegram: @tnusa2
Bitcointalk profile link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1343680

Which was also banned for phishing yesterday: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5406654.msg60584411#msg60584411

I messaged sixmj on the 16th asking if there was any good reason why he merited the earlier post and got no response.

[NotATether]

The subdomains are hidden, so that less people get fooled. Most people will only look at the left-most part of the URL to see what website they are on, and hackers take advantage of that.

I would hate that "feature" in my browser. I like being able to see the subdomains, and my screen is big enough to highlight an unexpectedly long URL. It could be useful on small mobile screens though.

I'd hate it too, but there is no default configuration that satisfies everyone's wants at once. That's why I said there should be a settings option to toggle showing everything in the URL.

I already dislike how Chromium hides the "http://", which only pops up when I click to edit (and then moves the entire URL to the right).

Chrome developers have decided that for "aesthetic reasons" that they should not allow this and other settings to be configured.

I mean there are many ways you can implement a trap door where you can enable "minimalist" and "advanced" settings, without cluttering the settings dialog itself (chrome://experiments, command-line options, config files, the list goes on). That's a pretty narrow-minded design decision if you ask me.

[Lucius]

I messaged sixmj on the 16th asking if there was any good reason why he merited the earlier post and got no response.

It would be really strange if you got an answer, at least any meaningful one. The only reason why he gave merit to that post is to make that member Jr. Member, and besides, he probably thinks that no one will find out because the post is buried deep in the middle of some megathread from 2018. They want to cheat the system, but luckily they didn't even understand how it works.

[hilariousandco]

I messaged sixmj on the 16th asking if there was any good reason why he merited the earlier post and got no response.

It would be really strange if you got an answer, at least any meaningful one. The only reason why he gave merit to that post is to make that member Jr. Member, and besides, he probably thinks that no one will find out because the post is buried deep in the middle of some megathread from 2018. They want to cheat the system, but luckily they didn't even understand how it works.

Well I finally got a response after I left him feedback haha:

Dude you're a psycho, trust me You're truly sick for real.
I feel really bad for you i mean tracking who is sending merits and for what on the internet, u must have no life outside your house funny how gets so angry if u dont get a reply from strangers to fill your ego and u feel the need to revenge, just amazing is this your life ? u must be an ugly nerd or a very high chance a disabled person. aren't you?  Plz whatever u do Do not kill yourself there is always God brother.

What is the reason you just merited this post:

#JOIN & #Proof of authentication

Facebook URL (personal): https://www.facebook.com/santhosh121081

Telegram username: @santhosh1981

ERC20 wallet for token distribution: 0x759b7576f2Ada6cD031A71Dd8070834e69e54DfD

I figured he might at least own up to selling merit rather than hacking accounts. I wonder if his account is actually hacked? It's an account from early 2018 but has long periods of inactivity. He mentions he's based in the UK in an earlier post but the messages he's sent me are in broken English, or at least it seems English isn't his first language.

[PowerGlove]

Dude you're a psycho, trust me You're truly sick for real.
I feel really bad for you i mean tracking who is sending merits and for what on the internet, u must have no life outside your house funny how gets so angry if u dont get a reply from strangers to fill your ego and u feel the need to revenge, just amazing is this your life ? u must be an ugly nerd or a very high chance a disabled person. aren't you?  Plz whatever u do Do not kill yourself there is always God brother.

What is the reason you just merited this post:

#JOIN & #Proof of authentication

Facebook URL (personal): https://www.facebook.com/santhosh121081

Telegram username: @santhosh1981

ERC20 wallet for token distribution: 0x759b7576f2Ada6cD031A71Dd8070834e69e54DfD

Well played @SIXMJ, it's not at all suspicious to lose your shit and have a meltdown instead of answering the question.

[Lucius]

Well I finally got a response after I left him feedback haha:

It seems that you have found his weak point, because he obviously knows how the trust system works considering how he reacted. However, there is one positive thing in everything - now he knows that the forum has its own detectives who can very easily find out who is sending merits to whom, and also connect it all to possible alt accounts.

I figured he might at least own up to selling merit rather than hacking accounts. I wonder if his account is actually hacked? It's an account from early 2018 but has long periods of inactivity. He mentions he's based in the UK in an earlier post but the messages he's sent me are in broken English, or at least it seems English isn't his first language.

I'm not an expert in such matters, so I'll leave it to someone else - although it is possible that someone really lives in the UK, but that he is an immigrant whose English is not his native language, and this can especially be seen in written expression. Perhaps it would be easiest to detect whether the owner has changed through IP logs, but if I'm not mistaken, only admins have access to this data?

[philipma1957]

Normally I wouldn't share something I've received by PM, but this feels dodgy and I have no idea who this person is:

Hello PowerGlove,

I've replied to you
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5406168.0

This person didn't participate in that thread and the "link" is some kind of messed up BBCode (which I sanitized before quoting above):

Code:

[flash=200,200]https://[/flash][url=https://bitcointalk.login-index.php-topic.794551.0.thegermanaccess.com/?u=PowerGlove&l=5406168.0]bitcointalk.oгg/index.php?topic=5406168.0[/url]

Anybody know anything?

Edit: Here's an image of the message for anyone still interested:



Notice how the link is blue when it should be green. Also, notice the weird underlining that stops short of extending all the way to the left.

I've condensed what I learned from other members into a simple guide: Don't get your Bitcointalk account "phished" (Desktop/Laptop). Thanks everybody!

my alt got that and the person sending the message is tagged for fishing passwords.


this is the guy that sent to my alt.

tuannguyentn1


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=1343680

this is what he sent to my alt (a1 Hashrate LLC2022)

Hello a1 Hashrate LLC2022,

I've replied to you
[url.  =.  http.  ://.  https : //bitcointalk . login-index.php-topic. 794551.0. PHISHING LINK REMOVED /?u= a1 Hashrate LLC2022 &l= 5405852.0] bitcointalk.oгg /index.php?topic = 5405852.0.   [/ url]

I chopped it up a bit to make it safe