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Re:Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down throug... by notduncansmith on Monday February 03, 2025 @12:39AM (#42915320)
Russian bot tactic? Guessing it’s an easy way to farm interaction as people comment back to correct the mistake.
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Re:Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down throug... by pphysch on Monday February 03, 2025 @12:34PM (#42920658)
An innocent coincidence, by two established users that link their contact info in their profile. It must be the Russians!

It's genuinely sad that this level of Cold War paranoia has been normalized again.

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