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Re:The immediate victims of the con would rather act as if t... by akoboldfrying on Sunday January 07, 2024 @06:17PM (#38906252)
I don't trust anyone to be a police officer unless there's another police officer present certifying that they are in fact a police officer, and another police officer present certifying that that person is a police officer, and so on, up to a piece of paper listing hundreds of "root" police officers around the world that was prepared in an unspecified way by an unknown programmer involved in making whichever browser I happen to be using, and which I have not even glanced at.
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Re:The immediate victims of the con would rather act as if t... by eurleif on Sunday January 07, 2024 @06:55PM (#38906503)
Funny, but to be clear, the actual practical advice is to call the police department and verify it. That's what the woman in the article did, and it most likely saved her life.
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Re:The immediate victims of the con would rather act as if t... by fnorder on Sunday January 07, 2024 @06:57PM (#38906516)
If you ask to see their badge and they show you a metal one it's probably a scammer, most real cops these days carry the plastic ones you can get at a Halloween store because budget cuts. IANAL etc etc
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Re:The immediate victims of the con would rather act as if t... by pi-e-sigma on Sunday January 07, 2024 @07:13PM (#38906621)
Hilbert, calm down!
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Re:The immediate victims of the con would rather act as if t... by monktastic1 on Sunday January 07, 2024 @09:34PM (#38907618)
That's insane. I hand-check my root certs at least twice a day.
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Re:The immediate victims of the con would rather act as if t... by anonym29 on Sunday January 07, 2024 @10:05PM (#38907775)
When you're looking at the disk, do you use a handheld magnifying glass and go by sight, or are you running your fingers over the disk to feel the position of each electron?
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Re:The immediate victims of the con would rather act as if t... by throwup238 on Monday January 08, 2024 @01:24AM (#38908864)
I convert my root certs from digital to proteomic storage and inject it directly into my veins. I've programmed my immune system to go into total systemic shock if the certs have been compromised.
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Re:The immediate victims of the con would rather act as if t... by knodi123 on Monday January 08, 2024 @12:16PM (#38915092)
lol, point taken, but your metaphor fell apart in the end.
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