<![CDATA[is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec]]>is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec.exchange and defcon.social where the account is like a day or two old, has barely any profile filled out, has zero posts, zero followers, but is already follwing a few dozen or a few hundred accounts? seems super shady. ive been blocking them on sight

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/d4aa7e21-80a4-48f0-b77f-d29926709a30/is-anyone-else-getting-random-follows-from-accounts-on-infosecRSS for NodeMon, 24 Aug 2026 20:12:33 GMTFri, 21 Aug 2026 00:31:48 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:32:02 GMT]]>@Viss @jerry @linuxandyarn It does make some sense if you require approving followers.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/117133981943809301https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/117133981943809301Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:32:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:23:22 GMT]]>@EdBruce @Viss @silhouette to be clear, I'm not blocking those - just an observation about where recent bot signups are coming from. I'm not sure why you would be blocked sometimes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/117133947838807031https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/117133947838807031Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:23:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:22:13 GMT]]>@jerry @Viss @silhouette Well that explains why I'm getting blocked all the time. I use ProtonVPN now and again. Been using a residential proxy also. But even when using my actual IP now getting blocked.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/EdBruce/statuses/117133943337718312https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/EdBruce/statuses/117133943337718312Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:22:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:36:35 GMT]]>@Viss @jerry I’ve seen a few people in non-AI chat rooms responding to peoples’ questions with “Google AI says …” and then a literal copy/paste of the entire output.

It’s a DEFCON group, dude… if the person asking the question wanted a bad AI answer they would have asked AI themselves.

It’s like that guy who answers every question with by sending you the first two links to a google search for what you asked, as if others didn’t try googling before asking…. but worse.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mathaetaes/statuses/117133292045683274https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mathaetaes/statuses/117133292045683274Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:36:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:09:14 GMT]]>@Viss Yes, I get these. Some of them follow ~exclusively femmes, which is creepy af. 🫠

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/117132004875156965https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/117132004875156965Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:09:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:09:07 GMT]]>@Viss True. But I might not have any just as well.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116855532748800658/statuses/117131768495428515https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116855532748800658/statuses/117131768495428515Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:09:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:49:59 GMT]]>@chapter1 but you have posts

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/117131693239856566https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/117131693239856566Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:49:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:35:27 GMT]]>@Viss You basically described my account. I joined recently, don't care about followers or my profile. I just like to read stuff and occasionaly comment. I'm probably a "reply guy"? (oh, great) I used to go to the trending page every day before creating an account, but I wanted to be able to mute some accounts (that were trending rather often) that I didn't like. I understand that the urge to block my account would be strong and I don't blame anyone, it's what makes this place better IMHO.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116855532748800658/statuses/117131636111472071https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116855532748800658/statuses/117131636111472071Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:35:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:08:02 GMT]]>@Prometheus @FritzAdalis security influencers

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/117131528287948785https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/117131528287948785Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:08:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:00:09 GMT]]>@Viss Yeah I've had a couple of those very recently. I just had one earlier today, went back to my notifications to view the account again, and the account seems to be gone now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jelliedchemicals/statuses/117131497273302114https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jelliedchemicals/statuses/117131497273302114Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:00:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:37:20 GMT]]>@Viss Not yet. (And I have accounts on both, and not even seeing it on the “local” accounts.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pdx.social/users/ehurtley/statuses/117131407568034415https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pdx.social/users/ehurtley/statuses/117131407568034415Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:37:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:29:35 GMT]]>@Viss Seeing a lot of new accounts on mastodon.social in the last few days with “keyboard smash” names like dhdhdh or kkkfffff. They follow tons of people, and weren’t posting at all. Most recently I’ve seen them making a single post like “hhh”.

The admins are battling them and I’m reporting those that follow me but it’s the first big wave I’ve seen as a user in a long time.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/foobarsoft/statuses/117131377066136460https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/foobarsoft/statuses/117131377066136460Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:29:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:27:43 GMT]]>@Viss @FritzAdalis sounds like my ex 💩

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Prometheus/statuses/117131369754455764https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Prometheus/statuses/117131369754455764Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:27:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:11:53 GMT]]>@djb @smallsees @nf3xn @jerry i talk to gpt like tony stark talks to that robotic arm that keeps fucking up in ironman 1

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/117131307463276386https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/117131307463276386Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:11:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:02:26 GMT]]>@smallsees @nf3xn @jerry @Viss

Trusting your own judgement on ‘AI’ is a huge risk

“Don’t self-experiment with psychological hazards!”

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/trusting-your-own-judgement-on-ai/

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/followup-on-trusting-your-own-judgement/

“You can’t trust your own instincts or judgement about Large Language Models and chatbots because they trigger a number of cognitive biases and psychological “effects” that short-circuit our judgement.”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.shirow.net/ap/users/116292099105159081/statuses/117131270320544401https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.shirow.net/ap/users/116292099105159081/statuses/117131270320544401Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:02:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:48:32 GMT]]>@JessTheUnstill @jerry @Viss @linuxandyarn

I do "Followers Only" by default and have to approve every follow request. I've been doxxed and I didn't like it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jrdepriest/statuses/117131215641270663https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jrdepriest/statuses/117131215641270663Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:48:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:44:43 GMT]]>@jerry @Viss @linuxandyarn I do those sometimes - more than anything just for slightly more personal stuff I don't want boosted outside my sphere. Sure, it can get screen capped and I don't have my follows locked down, but it's something at least.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/JessTheUnstill/statuses/117131200633125217https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/JessTheUnstill/statuses/117131200633125217Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:44:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:42:13 GMT]]>@nf3xn @jerry @Viss

Not yet anyway.

Perhaps in future you'll hit your thumb and the hammer pipes up "looks like you're trying to hammer a nail would you like me to help you"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.dropbear.xyz/users/smallsees/statuses/117131190857229189https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.dropbear.xyz/users/smallsees/statuses/117131190857229189Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:42:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:36:43 GMT]]>@jerry @Viss your hammer and your jigsaw don't talk in the first person and shine your shit when you use them well. Seems the AI psychosis can come for anyone these days.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nf3xn/statuses/117131169231718901https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nf3xn/statuses/117131169231718901Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:36:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:27:21 GMT]]>@jerry @Viss is it finally time to bring back the web of trust??

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/iagox86/statuses/117131132376208793https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/iagox86/statuses/117131132376208793Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:27:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:17:52 GMT]]>@jerry hah! totally!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/117131095089394341https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/117131095089394341Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:17:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:17:42 GMT]]>@jerry i bark orders at daybreak/gpt-5.6, and ill cuss at it when it does stuff extremely fucking stupid. in my brain, i picture ren from ren and stimpy inside the body of marvin, the android from hitchhikers guide. oblivious and eager to please

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/117131094437540919https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/117131094437540919Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:17:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:17:35 GMT]]>@Viss though I will say, I bet my hammer could tell some stories if it could talk. Whew.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/117131093992078238https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/117131093992078238Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:17:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to is anyone else getting random follows from accounts on infosec on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:16:09 GMT]]>@Viss that is painful to think about. I know it happens. I also use Claude, but I don’t really talk to my hammer or my jigsaw, so I have a hard time relating. Maybe I’m just too old.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/117131088348547365https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/117131088348547365Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:16:09 GMT