• IonAddis@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      It legitimately surprised me back when Russia first attacked Ukraine how parts of the internet suddenly reverted in tone to how the early 2000s internet used to be. The posts pushing subtle division in random message forums just stopped for a few days.

      Really made me realize how pervasive the social engineering of English speakers by outside agencies has become online. I think about it much more, using that brief cessation as a touchstone. Like, my memories of forums being saner weren’t false, heh.

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      9 months ago

      Not to mention half the attempts in /var/log/auth.log

      Edit: This probably wouldn’t reduce the number of attempts, but I’m leaving my try at a joke up.