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589 sats \ 17 comments \ @grayruby 3h security

As @realBitcoinDog would say GRAYRUBY is a stupid stupid man.

Signed up for the Satoshi Sharps NFL Survivor pool. The group chat is on telegram which I have never used. I downloaded the app and signed up with my phone number. I of course used my standard grayruby user name.

I get a message this morning "Hey boss" and immediately thought "what is this? Is this someone from the football pool chat trying to direct message me?".

Nope. Someone who used to work for me. Apparently I was discoverable on telegram to any of my phone contacts who also use telegram. Womp Womp.

I found and changed the setting but I may need to kill my former employee now. Just kidding (maybe).

Stay vigilant stackers. Don't be a stupid stupid man like GRAYRUBY.

Sats for all, GR

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40 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 2h

Yup I doxx myself all the time. It happens to the best of us. If you come to TABCONF this year I will be doxxed in IRL.

But another reason why I hate telegram. Telegram is the reason I got scammed.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 2h

Its also a honeypot for Intel agencies. Better use matrix.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @tttooocccooolll 1h

Do you feel comfortable sharing the scam tale?

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 3h

Eek. I feel for you

61 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 3h

It's ok. He is a cool guy. It's my fault, I didn't check the settings but I was surprised that telegram which is supposed to be privacy focused defaults to discoverable.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 3h

It’s definitely way too easy to mess it up IMO

111 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 2h

If you need any help from Indian dakus, I may arrange some.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @bief57 16m

Yes, that's the problem with Telegram. As soon as you open an account, all your contacts who have this app receive a message saying, "This person is now on Telegram."

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 2h

And to make matters worse, Telegram sends a notification to all your mobile contacts that you've joined Telegram, as if to say:

HEY, come check it out, this boy joined Telegram...!!!

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @gnilma 2h

It's not easy to get guns in our country, but if you need sharp knives or need to sharpen your knives for a clean cut, hit me up. I'm pretty good at sharpening.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 1h

Haha

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Themis 30m

I hate when telegram does this.

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @SwapMarket 3h

yeah, never give Telegram access to your contacts and hide your phone number in settings.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 3h

Yeah. My mistake.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @tttooocccooolll 1h

Sorry man. Thats sucks. At least it’s someone you know and (presumably) trust. :(

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 2m

Oof. That sucks -- sorry to hear it. But yeah, eliminating everyone in your contact list (wife and offspring excluded, assuming you trust them) is probably the only safe thing to do now.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 11m

Telegram is a honeypot. Signal is just as bad. Only thing left is IRL.