Re:Changes to SameSite Cookie Behavior – A Call to Action fo...
by thih9 on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @07:06AM
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Have you seen a message like this work?
I'm asking because support agents sometimes receive messages from people who offer consulting services, often related to website security. Some of them are automated or not useful, but to a layperson they look similar to your template above.
I could imagine a scenario where a support agent dismisses the above message as spam.
Re:Changes to SameSite Cookie Behavior – A Call to Action fo...
by giancarlostoro on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @11:46AM
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I guess if you can find a manager of some sort within the org would be your best bet.
Re:Changes to SameSite Cookie Behavior – A Call to Action fo...
by crooked-v on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @04:13PM
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To me, that wording looks like a scam attempt or a malware threat, and most first-level techs I've worked with would reject it out of hand for that reason.
Re:Changes to SameSite Cookie Behavior – A Call to Action fo...
by dspillett on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @09:04AM
(#24060336)
I suspect this would just get ignored as it would sound potentially like a phishing attempt. They'll have it drummed into them that there is no reason for such technical matters to be discussed in that channel and that they should politely brush it off.
Such training will likely be stepped up, making this sort of message more likely to be ignored, after the events at Twitter and Garmin recently which both seem to have stemmed from the phishing variety of "human factors" engineering on the part of the attackers.
Re:Changes to SameSite Cookie Behavior – A Call to Action fo...
by true_religion on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @02:42PM
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I just tell them their software is broken on X browser, then wait till it gets escalated high enough for someone to care about the technical details.
> I have a technical message for the person or team responsible for building the XYZ website. Please ensure the following message gets delivered to them. Not acting on this message could cause the website to stop working entirely.
> [Technical details]