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The bots are among us. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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This is the first private message I get on Lemmy, it immediately seemed suspicious to me so I tried the famous thing.... and it worked!

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[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 125 points 2 months ago (38 children)

When I got this kind of message I immediately blocked them. Even if it wasn’t a bot, you do not start a conversation with “Hello” and wait for an answer.

[–] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

I get at least one a day over text just saying "hello"

Have since started reporing as spam and blocking ever single one

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