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Cabinet minister Anne Aly hacked after 'inadvertently' opening WhatsApp scam link

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨okwithmydecay@leminal.space⁩ to ⁨australianpolitics@aussie.zone⁩

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/labor-frontbencher-anne-alys-phone-hacked-scam-whatsapp-link/yg52uglkw

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  • No1@aussie.zone ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I 'memba having to hover over links to make sure you weren’t getting goatse’d.

    (Do NOT look this up if you don’t know the reference. You have been warned)

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  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I can’t help but observe that my attack surface is considerably reduced simply by avoiding meta properties. I know not everyone can do that. Just an observation.

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    • Hanrahan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      my cunning plan to avoid such attack vectors is to have no friends, that way i know a link from someone even claiming to be a friend is to be avoided.

      jokes aside, i don’t use any Meta products either but to be fair, it’s an attack vector because it’s popular.

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      • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I resemble that comment.

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