Shirasho,

Oh look, another social engineering scam passing itself off as a meme.

I hate to be that guy, but this is exactly how people crack into your accounts. These scams are aimed at getting information that can be used to crack security questions for account recovery.

Please do yourself a favor. Next time you see these images please do not interact with them.

sharkfucker420,
@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml avatar

Maybe just don’t make your passwords anything other than random strings of text

halcyoncmdr,
@halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world avatar

It’s not about the password itself. Many password reset systems use security questions. A common security question is what your favorite food is.

They don’t need to know your current password when they know the security answer to make a new password on their own.

BuboScandiacus,
@BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz avatar

I can’t tell if you’re joking or not

NataliePortland,
@NataliePortland@lemmy.ca avatar

Bloody 'ell! I’ve been caught red-handed! With me trousers round me ankles! Be a good lad and write your full name and address so we can send you some warm ale by way of apology.

db2,

I’ll just give you my password, it’s ********.

watersnipje,

I didn’t know that it get censored, let me try. hunter2

DoctorWhookah,

Is it hunter2? Looks like hunter2.

halcyoncmdr,
@halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world avatar

Oh this 100% is plausible, and even likely.

Many security questions systems use favorite food as a security question to reset passwords.

Most people use the same username for everything, often including their email address.

Take the person’s reddit or lemmy username, add Gmail, yahoo, Hotmail, etc. and with just a couple more answers pulled from social media posts you can build a fairly strong profile from seemingly very little and otherwise innocuous information.

slazer2au,

Only works if you tell the truth.

Catoblepas,

And have a consistent, unchanging favorite food that you use for security questions.

Today my favorite food is cheesecake. Tomorrow it might be bagels. It’s definitely nothing I’ve ever used for a security question.

Anticorp,

IDK, maybe Sushishire? That sounds dumb. Let’s go with Lagershire.

mostNONheinous,

“Sushire”

psion1369,

Cheap Mac and Cheese shire. Nope, doesn’t work.

shottymcb,

Kraftshire? East Kraftdinnershire?

psion1369,

Kraft? Too luxury for me.

MTK,

Not gonna fall for this one!

Nice try data collecting bots!

I’ll go back to my home in Ramenshire, thank you.

aeronmelon,

“I am a Ramen from Ram’s End. We don’t take ‘quick surveys’!”

tacosanonymous,

Babyshire

Anticorp,

Hol up!

TheGiantKorean,
@TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world avatar

Bulgogishire has a nice ring to it.

Yokozuna,

Now I want to eat Korean BBQ till I hate myself and pass out in the car ride home.

paddirn,

Hotcumshire

Maven,
@Maven@lemmy.world avatar

If you say this in a British accent it sounds like it could be a real place.

qarbone,

“Aughtcoomsure”

copymyjalopy,

sigh …Pussyshire

surewhynotlem,

“tastes great, less filling”

OhStopYellingAtMe,
@OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world avatar

Assshire

littlebluespark,
@littlebluespark@lemmy.world avatar

Hot take: what the UK calls curry is bland AF. I mean, FFS, people. You colonized all of the famous spice places and you still have shite cuisine? 😅🤷🏼‍♂️

RubberElectrons, (edited )
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

Sopashire.

Roflmasterbigpimp,
@Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world avatar

This does not work good with German Food ._.

Wurstgulasch-shire is not a place where I want to be. Ever.

ptolemy, (edited )

Beefstroganoffshire

hglman,

Boiled crawfishshire

sagrotan,
@sagrotan@lemmy.world avatar

Ratatouilleshire? Sounds like a french ugly horse.

Fades, (edited )

Burritoshire? sounds lovely, just barely beating out Pastashire

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