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this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2024
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Holy shit lmao. It just amazes me that someone working for such a facility would do this, but I suppose it's the same as people who won't wash their hands after using the toilet or who don't use their blinker when driving.
We're just a bunch of shit-flinging primates, aren't we? We just do thinks without thinking.
And the worst part is, given the right circumstances (lack of sleep, extreme stress, illness), maybe that person could be me.
You already pointed out reasons, why people might lack the necessary judgement in one moment. The issue is that it is enough if one person fails to abide by the security rules once. So for the attacker all that is needed for a large enough organization is persistence.
So in that sense at least, it's similar to the scammers on Kitboga. Just send out a shit-ton of feelers and hope something sticks.
Phone and email scams work just the same. Only takes one grandma emptying her savings to make it worth it. And they get a lot of people who should otherwise know better.
Phone scams especially use high pressure, unfamiliar situations, and fear to keep people from thinking about what's actually happening, and you end up with otherwise intelligent people buying iTunes gift cards to get out of a warrant. Usually the victim figures out they've been scammed within minutes of the call ending, unless they have some cognitive decline.
Also people often need to experience a problem before they realize its a problem. I doubt that specific individual will ever make that specific mistake again.
This is also true.