• pfsense...

    From Shurato@618:300/50 to All on Mon Sep 2 05:15:00 2024
    I've got a pfsense box running now; it took more of an effort than I thought
    it would. pfblockerng-devel and snort may be doing more damage than good. Everytime I try to connect to the secure websocket, I get thrown in the block list... I'm not sure if others can get to it or not. Does anyone have any good hints for this firewall and increasing security without breaking stuff?

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Shurato on Mon Sep 2 13:23:00 2024
    Shurato wrote to All <=-

    I've got a pfsense box running now; it took more of an effort than I thought it would. pfblockerng-devel and snort may be doing more damage than good. Everytime I try to connect to the secure websocket, I get thrown in the block list... I'm not sure if others can get to it or
    not. Does anyone have any good hints for this firewall and increasing security without breaking stuff?

    I don't use either of those with pfSense and it's working fine. Snort is complicated and has a steep learning curve. Most of my errant traffic is
    just script kiddies or these so-called "Internet security companies" portscanning for open ports, both of which my BBS' internal firewall
    handles.

    Remember that pfSense automatically rejects all traffic on closed ports. It will protect you on all closed ports. Open ports, it's up to the computer where the ports are pointed to as to protecting itself as pfSense only
    forwards the traffic through the firewall.

    pfSense has excellent documentation online. Don't expect to learn pfSense immediately. It can do some very complicated things like you're attempting.

    snort has a great mailing list if you need help. There's entire books dedicated to the setup and maintenance of snort.



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  • From T.J. Mcmillen@618:500/24 to Shurato on Mon Sep 2 13:01:50 2024
    I've got a pfsense box running now; it took more of an effort than I thought it would. pfblockerng-devel and snort may be doing more damage than good. Everytime I try to connect to the secure websocket, I get thrown in the bloc list... I'm not sure if others can get to it or not. Does anyone have any good hints for this firewall and increasing security without breaking stuff?

    What are you trying to protect? My BBS is on it's own machine that has NOTHING on it. I have my RGBOT bot blocker frontend running before the BBS, and nothing gets thru. Do I get a bunch of hits on port 23? Yeah, but it's just load RGBOT, esc twice wasn't entered, hangup. You're putting too much effort into this.

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to T.J. Mcmillen on Mon Sep 2 15:36:43 2024
    just load RGBOT, esc twice wasn't entered, hangup. You're putting
    much
    effort into this.

    You aren't helping matters. You know the old saying "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it?" Everyone has the right to run their BBS how they want. Marty is looking for help, not your uniformed opinion.

    TL;DR: Don't be a dick.

    I notice you rarely have anything of any actual help to add to any
    conversation you're in. Please don't add noise to the thread.

    -- Sean



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  • From Shurato@618:300/50 to T.J. Mcmillen on Mon Sep 2 14:56:00 2024

    I've got a pfsense box running now; it took more of an effort than I
    thought
    it would. pfblockerng-devel and snort may be doing more damage than
    good.
    Everytime I try to connect to the secure websocket, I get thrown in the
    bloc
    list... I'm not sure if others can get to it or not. Does anyone have
    any
    good hints for this firewall and increasing security without breaking
    stuff?

    What are you trying to protect? My BBS is on it's own machine that has NOTHING on it. I have my RGBOT bot blocker frontend running before the BBS, and nothing gets thru. Do I get a bunch of hits on port 23?
    Yeah, but it's just load RGBOT, esc twice wasn't entered, hangup.
    You're putting too much effort into this.

    I'm just having fun. I don't have anything better to do. Plus, my machine
    is not in a sandbox, the whole thing is in the open. My BBS is in a VM on a well used PC. For some reason, my websocket server wasn't running so that
    was on me, not pfsense, pfblockerng or snort. However, my ftp server isn't working...

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  • From Jas Hud@618:250/1 to T.J. Mcmillen on Tue Sep 3 04:40:10 2024
    To: T.J. Mcmillen
    Re: Re: pfsense...
    By: T.J. Mcmillen to Shurato on Mon Sep 02 2024 01:01 pm

    thrown in the bloc list... I'm not sure if others can get to it or not. Does anyone have any good hints for this firewall and increasing security without breaking stuff?

    What are you trying to protect? My BBS is on it's own machine that has NOTHING on it. I have my RGBOT bot blocker frontend running before the BBS, and nothing gets thru. Do I get a bunch of hits on port 23? Yeah, but it's just load RGBOT, esc twice wasn't entered, hangup. You're putting too much effort into this.


    On my bbs everyone is blocked. until they are whitelisted.

    those blocklists get huuuge because there's a lot of attackers every day.

    in your case you might get a situation where all your nodes are tied up all day long, or the attacks take up a lot of resources and make your bbs run like shit. then you will need to protect.

    I use windows firewall and peerblock, but I know they can only do so much.
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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Jas Hud on Tue Sep 3 14:53:31 2024
    Jas Hud wrote to T.J. Mcmillen <=-

    in your case you might get a situation where all your nodes are tied up all day long, or the attacks take up a lot of resources and make your
    bbs run like shit. then you will need to protect.

    I noticed some script kiddie from Southern California camping out on six
    nodes on my board. I'd kill one instance and he'd immediately reconnect.

    So I looked his IP, put it into the BBS' firewall, restarted the firewall,
    then went in, killed all of those instances and he hasn't been back.

    I have ports 21, 22, and 23 open so I'm expecting to be attacked. But I
    have multiple layers of protection.

    If anyone's interested,it looks like a smaller ISP called dock.net with a CIDR of 206.72.64.0/19.

    It's sad that almost all of these attacks are just with scripts. Whatever happened to real hacking?

    -- Sean

    ... Don't raise the bar. It makes it too hard to get the drinks.
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  • From T.J. Mcmillen@618:500/24 to Shurato on Tue Sep 3 20:07:51 2024
    I'm just having fun. I don't have anything better to do. Plus, my machine is not in a sandbox, the whole thing is in the open. My BBS is in a VM on a well used PC. For some reason, my websocket server wasn't running so that

    One crazy man ... Being its in VM, you shouldn't have any issues there either. But hey, more power to you.

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  • From T.J. Mcmillen@618:500/24 to Digimaus on Tue Sep 3 20:09:48 2024
    It's sad that almost all of these attacks are just with scripts. Whatever happened to real hacking?

    People are too chicken shit now a days to do anything like that. It's always hide behind something and look what this script/batch file can do I bought from bob down on 5th ave.

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  • From Jas Hud@618:250/1 to digimaus on Wed Sep 4 06:50:49 2024
    To: digimaus
    Re: Re: pfsense...
    By: digimaus to Jas Hud on Tue Sep 03 2024 02:53 pm

    nodes on my board. I'd kill one instance and he'd immediately reconnect.

    So I looked his IP, put it into the BBS' firewall, restarted the firewall,

    they arent script kiddies. they are just bots attacking you.
    there probably isnt an individual involved.


    It's sad that almost all of these attacks are just with scripts. Whatever happened to real hacking?


    well back in the day it was using known exploits or calling people up on the phone and tricking them. that rarely happens now.

    what i hate are these sites that want to appear to be legit but they portscan my servers like a maniac all day long. even when they are blocked by synchronet's shitty ip blocking.
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  • From Jas Hud@618:250/1 to T.J. Mcmillen on Wed Sep 4 06:52:33 2024
    To: T.J. Mcmillen
    Re: Re: pfsense...
    By: T.J. Mcmillen to Digimaus on Tue Sep 03 2024 08:09 pm

    From Newsgroup: micronet.comp

    It's sad that almost all of these attacks are just with scripts.
    Whatever happened to real hacking?

    People are too chicken shit now a days to do anything like that. It's always hide behind something and look what this script/batch file can do I bought

    my real phone number (i instead use google voice) gets a bunch of shit for 'robert', a guy who used to have my number.

    it's funny to hear indians leave msgs saying they are fbi and i have to send them money because i'm in so much trouble.
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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Jas Hud on Wed Sep 4 13:33:01 2024
    Jas Hud wrote to digimaus <=-

    they arent script kiddies. they are just bots attacking you.
    there probably isnt an individual involved.

    In my mind, they're just one in the same these days.

    well back in the day it was using known exploits or calling people up
    on the phone and tricking them. that rarely happens now.

    Social engineering happens on a grand scale these days but it's definitely
    lost the human touch.

    what i hate are these sites that want to appear to be legit but they portscan my servers like a maniac all day long. even when they are blocked by synchronet's shitty ip blocking.

    Unfortunately, not much you can do about them. I've got a few of the bad
    ones I've run into blocked in my BBS' firewall:

    # Block Censys "security scans"
    # https://support.censys.io/hc/en-us/articles
    # /360043177092-Opt-Out-of-Data-Collection
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 162.142.125.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 167.94.138.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 167.94.145.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 167.94.146.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 167.248.133.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 199.45.154.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 199.45.155.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 206.168.34.0/24 -j DROP

    # Block Palo Alto Networks' "security scans"
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 147.185.136.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 165.85.144.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 165.85.145.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 165.85.149.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 165.85.250.0/23 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 199.167.52.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 199.167.53.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 202.189.133.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 65.154.226.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 65.155.38.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 66.232.34.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 66.232.36.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 66.232.40.0/24 -j DROP
    $IPT -I INPUT -s 72.165.69.0/24 -j DROP

    It's not a panacea but it helps. What really helps throttle issues is
    having a combination of a stateful firewall and fail2ban on the BBS itself. That and having a powerful enough machine to keep up with it all.

    -- Sean


    ... Hungary? Russian to the kitchen and Czech the fridge!
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  • From T.J. Mcmillen@618:500/24 to Jas Hud on Wed Sep 4 15:47:00 2024
    my real phone number (i instead use google voice) gets a bunch of shit for 'robert', a guy who used to have my number.

    it's funny to hear indians leave msgs saying they are fbi and i have to sen them money because i'm in so much trouble.

    I got an email the other day that said if I didn't sent $1500 in bitcoin by the end of the month, they were gonna release videos of me watching porn videos. Shit, I'd do that myself.

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  • From Arelor@618:250/24 to Jas Hud on Fri Sep 6 08:34:48 2024
    Re: Re: pfsense...
    By: Jas Hud to digimaus on Wed Sep 04 2024 06:50 am

    well back in the day it was using known exploits or calling people up on the phone and tricking them. that rarely happens now.

    Well, I was talking to a Civil Guard a month ago and he told me I could as well kill and rape all I wanted because LEO agencies were overwhelmed with phone scam cases.

    Meaning, people is actually falling for phone scams.


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  • From Jas Hud@618:250/1 to Arelor on Sun Sep 8 06:42:11 2024
    To: Arelor
    Re: Re: pfsense...
    By: Arelor to Jas Hud on Fri Sep 06 2024 08:34 am

    From Newsgroup: micronet.comp

    Re: Re: pfsense...
    By: Jas Hud to digimaus on Wed Sep 04 2024 06:50 am

    well back in the day it was using known exploits or calling people up on the phone and tricking them. that rarely happens now.

    Well, I was talking to a Civil Guard a month ago and he told me I could as well kill and rape all I wanted because LEO agencies were overwhelmed with phone scam cases.

    Meaning, people is actually falling for phone scams.


    eventually they'll with the rest of the world and not answer their phone.
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  • From Arelor@618:250/24 to Jas Hud on Sun Sep 8 18:27:52 2024
    Re: Re: pfsense...
    By: Jas Hud to Arelor on Sun Sep 08 2024 06:42 am

    eventually they'll with the rest of the world and not answer their phone.

    Your optimism is so cute.

    I don't think that will come to pass in my lifeltime.


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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to Arelor on Sun Sep 8 19:42:49 2024
    On 08 Sep 24 18:27:52, Arelor said the following to Jas Hud:

    eventually they'll with the rest of the world and not answer their phone.

    Your optimism is so cute.

    I don't think that will come to pass in my lifeltime.

    My Iphone is set to reject all unknown callers... only contacts can reach me.

    Nick

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  • From Arelor@618:250/24 to Nick Andre on Mon Sep 9 14:15:14 2024
    Re: Re: pfsense...
    By: Nick Andre to Arelor on Sun Sep 08 2024 07:42 pm

    My Iphone is set to reject all unknown callers... only contacts can reach me.

    Yeah, I know, but that pretty much nullifies one of the reasons for having a phone. Lots of people discard important calls and never know they did.

    My workplace has that problem, or I should say patients have that problem. See, scheduled surgeries and techniques run on a tight time table because the waiting queues are chronically full and so many people is in such a state you cannot have them waiting for long. This means when somebody in the queue drops off for whatever reason, the secretary picks the list and attempts to reschedule somebody late in the queue and advance him to fill the gap.

    And she grabs the phone, and the patient does not pick the call because he does not recognize the number, and the secretary moves over to the next person in the list if she does not make it in three attempts.

    When I talk about this, everybody tells us how we should be doing things in order to accomodate people who is not picking the phone, but let's face it, we don't give a flying fuck because if the chances of having the call picked by each patient are 10% then we can be sure somebody will pick it and fill the gap eventually. The only people getting burned by this phenomena is the people refusing to pick the fucking phone.


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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to Arelor on Mon Sep 9 18:06:56 2024
    On 09 Sep 24 14:15:14, Arelor said the following to Nick Andre:

    My Iphone is set to reject all unknown callers... only contacts can reach me.

    Yeah, I know, but that pretty much nullifies one of the reasons for having a phone. Lots of people discard important calls and never know they did.

    I read your message carefully and all I can say is that... I'm not that important. My life is really not that interesting. Who cares to call me.

    My contacts are my immediate friends and family and thats it. Everyone else can leave a message and I'll respond if and when I feel like it.

    Nick

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  • From ogg@618:200/54 to Nick Andre on Mon Sep 9 18:14:34 2024
    I read your message carefully and all I can say is that... I'm not that important. My life is really not that interesting. Who cares to call me.

    My contacts are my immediate friends and family and thats it. Everyone else can leave a message and I'll respond if and when I feel like it.

    That's how my phone is set up. If you can't leave a message, why should I call you back?

    ogg
    Sysop, Altair IV BBS
    altairiv.ddns.net:2323

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to ogg on Mon Sep 9 21:22:03 2024
    That's how my phone is set up. If you can't leave a message, why should I

    Same goes with me. No message, no call back.

    -- digi




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  • From Shawn Highfield@618:618/1 to digimaus on Tue Sep 10 06:28:15 2024
    digimaus wrote to ogg <=-

    Same goes with me. No message, no call back.

    If someone leaves me a message it won't be heard. I just
    delete voice mail without listening to it. Most of the
    time I don't even set voicemail up.

    I'll answer unknown numbers if I'm waiting for the doctor
    or something else to call, otherwise with the help of hiya
    on my iPhone it doesn't ring much anymore.

    Shawn

    ... All things are green unless they are not.
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  • From Warpslide@618:400/23 to Shawn Highfield on Tue Sep 10 08:16:58 2024
    On 10 Sep 2024, Shawn Highfield said the following...

    If someone leaves me a message it won't be heard. I just
    delete voice mail without listening to it. Most of the
    time I don't even set voicemail up.

    I'm currently with Koodo. Both Telus & Koodo have the option to setup "vacation mode" where you record an outgoing message & then the caller is unable to leave a message.

    Telus & Koodo also have a feature named "Call Control" which I've enabled. This will make a caller press a random number before the call is put through to you. This has eliminated all of those pesky scam calls. Call Control keeps track of the last 25 numbers that have called you, so if a number has pressed the correct number before they won't have to press it again. You can also log in and add numbers that are exempt.

    In the past when I was with Fido I was able to get in touch with them (over Twitter at the time) and they were able to remove voicemail from my account.


    Jay

    ... An easily understood, workable falsehood is more useful than the truth

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  • From Gamgee@618:250/24 to Shawn Highfield on Tue Sep 10 07:44:00 2024
    Shawn Highfield wrote to digimaus <=-

    digimaus wrote to ogg <=-

    Same goes with me. No message, no call back.

    If someone leaves me a message it won't be heard. I just
    delete voice mail without listening to it.

    Why?


    ... Gone crazy, be back later, please leave message.
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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/10 to Nick Andre on Tue Sep 10 08:28:14 2024
    My contacts are my immediate friends and family and thats it. Everyone
    else
    can leave a message and I'll respond if and when I feel like it.

    I need to figure out how to set my Galaxy up that way. If they cannot
    leave a message I don't want to be bothered with their likely scam call.

    Mike


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  • From Jas Hud@618:250/1 to digimaus on Tue Sep 10 11:13:33 2024
    To: digimaus
    Re: Re: pfsense...
    By: digimaus to ogg on Mon Sep 09 2024 09:22 pm

    From Newsgroup: micronet.comp

    That's how my phone is set up. If you can't leave a message, why should I

    Same goes with me. No message, no call back.


    I don't even want calls. fucking txt me.
    some people just like to meet in person and call because they are old fashioned or just dont want to leave a paper trail. my old job was like that. they had plausable deniability. they said they went and talked to joe and told him about the new *thing. i guess joe just forgot!
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  • From Jas Hud@618:250/1 to Mike Powell on Tue Sep 10 11:14:57 2024
    To: Mike Powell
    Re: Re: pfsense...
    By: Mike Powell to Nick Andre on Tue Sep 10 2024 08:28 am

    From Newsgroup: micronet.comp

    My contacts are my immediate friends and family and thats it. Everyone else
    can leave a message and I'll respond if and when I feel like it.

    I need to figure out how to set my Galaxy up that way. If they cannot
    leave a message I don't want to be bothered with their likely scam call.

    Mike

    what i do is dont use my regular cellphone number and then i use google voice. I get very little spam calls.
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  • From Shawn Highfield@618:618/1 to Warpslide on Tue Sep 10 17:13:47 2024

    Telus & Koodo also have a feature named "Call Control" which I've enabled.
    This will make a caller press a random number before the call is put

    I'll look for that option. I'm with Public Mobile which as you know is
    Telus just a prepaid cheapo version. I'll look into that for sure.


    Shawn

    Greetings, Shawn Highfield

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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to Ogg on Tue Sep 10 17:40:11 2024
    On 09 Sep 24 18:14:34, Ogg said the following to Nick Andre:

    My contacts are my immediate friends and family and thats it. Everyone else can leave a message and I'll respond if and when I feel like it.

    That's how my phone is set up. If you can't leave a message, why should I call you back?

    Most of the unknown/non-contact numbers never leave one.

    The ones that do, its either some weird UPS delivery nonsense message meant
    for someone else or "This message is to inform you that your social security number is suspended. To avoid police action, call xxxxxxx"

    Should have mentioned that if I order crap delivered or anything involving
    a possibility of inbound calls with strangers, thats the only time I'll allow unknown callers. But as soon as I'm done the setting goes back again.

    Nick

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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to Mike Powell on Tue Sep 10 17:41:21 2024
    On 10 Sep 24 08:28:14, Mike Powell said the following to Nick Andre:

    My contacts are my immediate friends and family and thats it. Everyone
    else
    can leave a message and I'll respond if and when I feel like it.

    I need to figure out how to set my Galaxy up that way. If they cannot leave a message I don't want to be bothered with their likely scam call.

    Been a few years since I messed around with Android phones... if Apple has it then it should too?

    Nick

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  • From Amessyroom@618:250/1 to Nick Andre on Tue Sep 10 12:29:16 2024
    Re: Re: pfsense...
    By: Nick Andre to Arelor on Mon Sep 09 2024 06:06 pm

    On 09 Sep 24 14:15:14, Arelor said the following to Nick Andre:

    My Iphone is set to reject all unknown callers... only contacts can reach
    me.

    Interesting approach. I bet you have a lot less stress and frustration, than those of us that try to answer all the calls.

    My wife and I took care of her mother for approx a year. The phone calls on the home line got so bad about "want to sell your home"; that I turned the speakers off and let the answering machine answer everything. I would then play the messages back at my convience. Much easier, and less stress of trying to run and get the phone.

    But I can see problems with this too. But it is a novel idea; I may have to try it one day and see how it works out.
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  • From Shawn Highfield@618:618/1 to Gamgee on Wed Sep 11 06:20:22 2024
    Gamgee wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

    delete voice mail without listening to it.
    Why?

    When is the last time a voice mail was anything other
    then a computer calling trying to scam you into giving
    gift cards to the gubment so you don't get deported?

    Shawn

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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to Amessyroom on Wed Sep 11 07:43:16 2024
    On 10 Sep 24 12:29:16, Amessyroom said the following to Nick Andre:

    My Iphone is set to reject all unknown callers... only contacts can reach
    me.

    Interesting approach. I bet you have a lot less stress and frustration, than those of us that try to answer all the calls.

    Its the same thing with Notifications. I shut off the email and text chimes, buzzer, etc. There was a time it was a "company wedding ring" but no more.

    Nick

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  • From Gamgee@618:250/24 to Shawn Highfield on Wed Sep 11 07:41:00 2024
    Shawn Highfield wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Gamgee wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

    delete voice mail without listening to it.

    Why?

    When is the last time a voice mail was anything other
    then a computer calling trying to scam you into giving
    gift cards to the gubment so you don't get deported?

    Well, it was yesterday.

    Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

    Thanks for the reply.



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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Shawn Highfield on Tue Sep 10 20:11:17 2024
    Shawn Highfield wrote to digimaus <=-

    If someone leaves me a message it won't be heard. I just
    delete voice mail without listening to it. Most of the
    time I don't even set voicemail up.

    I wish I could do that but in my situation, I can't.

    I'll answer unknown numbers if I'm waiting for the doctor
    or something else to call, otherwise with the help of hiya
    on my iPhone it doesn't ring much anymore.

    I get creditors calling (who think they're sneaky). Doesn't bother me as
    they legally can't garnish my SSDI though the VA sure the hell can if they want.

    -- Sean

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Jas Hud on Tue Sep 10 20:15:08 2024
    Jas Hud wrote to digimaus <=-

    I don't even want calls. fu*king txt me.

    Texting is very difficult for me as I cannot easily use a touchscreen. That and I detest 500-word texts.

    To me, a phone is a phone. What I have--much to my chagrin--is a pocket computer with a phone app and a two-way radio built in.

    -- digi


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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Nick Andre on Tue Sep 10 20:18:37 2024
    Nick Andre wrote to Ogg <=-

    Should have mentioned that if I order crap delivered or anything
    involving a possibility of inbound calls with strangers, thats the only time I'll allow unknown callers. But as soon as I'm done the setting
    goes back again.

    I still let it go to voicemail...then call them back.

    -- digi


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  • From ogg@618:200/54 to digimaus on Wed Sep 11 12:26:04 2024
    On 10 Sep 2024, digimaus said the following...

    To me, a phone is a phone. What I have--much to my chagrin--is a pocket computer with a phone app and a two-way radio built in.

    -- digi

    +1 on that!

    ogg
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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to NICK ANDRE on Wed Sep 11 12:58:00 2024
    My contacts are my immediate friends and family and thats it. Everyone else
    can leave a message and I'll respond if and when I feel like it.
    I need to figure out how to set my Galaxy up that way. If they cannot leave a message I don't want to be bothered with their likely scam call.

    Been a few years since I messed around with Android phones... if Apple has it then it should too?

    Probably. I just need to monkey around and figure it out.

    Mike


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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Shawn Highfield on Wed Sep 11 19:33:17 2024
    When is the last time a voice mail was anything other
    then a computer calling trying to scam you into giving
    gift cards to the gubment so you don't get deported?

    I've never received a call like that. I have received a "your computer has 10,000 viruses on it". Love those.

    -- <8D~



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  • From Jas Hud@618:250/1 to digimaus on Wed Sep 11 21:19:40 2024
    To: digimaus
    Re: Re: pfsense...
    By: digimaus to Jas Hud on Tue Sep 10 2024 08:15 pm

    From Newsgroup: micronet.comp

    Jas Hud wrote to digimaus <=-

    I don't even want calls. fu*king txt me.

    Texting is very difficult for me as I cannot easily use a touchscreen. That and I detest 500-word texts.

    To me, a phone is a phone. What I have--much to my chagrin--is a pocket computer with a phone app and a two-way radio built in.

    -- digi


    just use the voice dictation.
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  • From Shawn Highfield@618:618/1 to Gamgee on Thu Sep 12 06:32:04 2024
    Gamgee wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

    When is the last time a voice mail was anything other
    Well, it was yesterday

    Well you won that one. hahahahaha

    Shawn

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  • From Shawn Highfield@618:618/1 to digimaus on Thu Sep 12 06:33:45 2024
    digimaus wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

    I've never received a call like that. I have received a "your computer has 10,000 viruses on it". Love those.

    The scam here is "Your SIN has been compromised." or "You're being deported" etc. etc.

    Shawn

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  • From Gamgee@618:250/24 to Shawn Highfield on Thu Sep 12 07:43:00 2024
    Shawn Highfield wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Gamgee wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

    When is the last time a voice mail was anything other
    Well, it was yesterday

    Well you won that one. hahahahaha

    Haha, well, everyone's life and phone requirements are different.
    Whatever fits best for *you* is the right way. ;-)



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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Jas Hud on Thu Sep 12 14:01:46 2024
    Jas Hud wrote to digimaus <=-

    just use the voice dictation.

    That has issues with my speech. Since I have no teeth, I cannot make
    certain sounds properly and the stt likes to break.

    -- Sean

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Shawn Highfield on Thu Sep 12 14:02:31 2024
    Shawn Highfield wrote to digimaus <=-

    The scam here is "Your SIN has been compromised." or "You're being deported" etc. etc.

    More of the usual.

    -- Sean

    ... Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Jas Hud on Thu Sep 12 14:01:46 2024
    Jas Hud wrote to digimaus <=-

    just use the voice dictation.

    That has issues with my speech. Since I have no teeth, I cannot make
    certain sounds properly and the stt likes to break.

    -- Sean

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Shawn Highfield on Thu Sep 12 14:02:31 2024
    Shawn Highfield wrote to digimaus <=-

    The scam here is "Your SIN has been compromised." or "You're being deported" etc. etc.

    More of the usual.

    -- Sean

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  • From Shawn Highfield@618:618/1 to Digimaus on Sat Sep 14 12:29:00 2024
    Quoting Digimaus to Jas Hud <=-

    That has issues with my speech. Since I have no teeth, I cannot make certain sounds properly and the stt likes to break.

    It just plain doesn't like my accent. Siri can not deal with the low
    income, white trash Dirty Shwa accent I have. ;) You've heard me, I am
    a complete Canadian sterotype.

    Shawn
    P.S: I was not one of the people who stole the truck filled with maple
    syrup.


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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to Shawn Highfield on Sat Sep 14 10:56:03 2024
    On 14 Sep 24 12:29:00, Shawn Highfield said the following to Digimaus:

    P.S: I was not one of the people who stole the truck filled with maple syrup.

    But you still steal copper wiring from the power plant, right?

    And cops are still looking for that serial panty-thief up north...

    Nick

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to SHAWN HIGHFIELD on Sat Sep 14 10:47:00 2024
    P.S: I was not one of the people who stole the truck filled with maple
    syrup.

    Thanks for clarifying. I was worried about that, since there are rumors of
    you being deported. :D

    Mike


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  • From Shawn Highfield@618:618/1 to Nick Andre on Sun Sep 15 11:28:00 2024
    Quoting Nick Andre to Shawn Highfield <=-

    But you still steal copper wiring from the power plant, right?

    Yes of course. I've gotta pay my bills somehow!

    And cops are still looking for that serial panty-thief up north...

    Not me, not enough money in used panty's here. The preverts figured
    out they were worn by oshawaookers.

    Shawn


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  • From Shawn Highfield@618:618/1 to Mike Powell on Sun Sep 15 11:31:00 2024
    Quoting Mike Powell to Shawn Highfield <=-

    Thanks for clarifying. I was worried about that, since there are
    rumors of you being deported. :D

    Just scammers callng thankfully. ;)

    Shawn


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