@adamshostack @briankrebs yes, it does seem to be an operation run by pro cons.

@ljrk @buherator @drwhax something changed around 2020 when businesses "learned" that these events weren't ending companies. And cyber insurance made that particular problem worse.

@ljrk @buherator @drwhax Part of the source of this is the lawyers. In business, companies are typically shielded from liability if they follow "standard and customary business practices". So if "everyone else" is doing it that way, you can too without taking on the liability.

Of course, that takes you only so far. If your business is unable to function for two months, legal liability may well be the least of your concerns. But the problem with that threat is that it's a gray rhino risk. Those are really really hard to get businesses to spend on mitigating.

For better or worse, LLM-based attacks may remove most of the gray from those risks and reduce the resistance to mitigation.

@shapr @IrrationalMethod @galacticstone I discovered it when I brought the phone home and it didn't ring. I had to do some research online to learn about this one.

@w_b @shapr @IrrationalMethod @galacticstone it is. The ringer was designed to respond only to a particular pattern so it wouldn't ring at all if the call was intended for someone else on the line.

@shapr @IrrationalMethod @galacticstone I have one from the early 50s that has a party line ringer. I assume the ringer still works, but nothing sends party line ring signals anymore. Everything else works fine; it can call numbers through my FTTH box.

@HopelessDemigod @IrrationalMethod I don't think that's what was meant by "payphone"...

@finner she's watching her human talking to absolutely nobody, walking around in circles, like someone suffering from psychosis. And you think she's the bizarre one.

@evacide @leapingwoman there shouldn't be