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minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up66arrow-down1·3 days agoThey are from SIM card farms.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoMy dad took my old phone out to a SIM card farm upstate
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoReally makes you proud to be living in the golden age.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·3 days agoUsually they are just spoofed, and the real owner of the number is innocent.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThe number is spoofed yes, but the SIM card still has to be real in order to connect.
minus-squareuienia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoKinda irrelevant in this context though, since OOP (allegedly) listed the spoofed number on craigslist.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoOh definitely, but the person I originally replied to asked if they were servers, not real SIM cards.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 day agoThey asked if the numbers were from servers. No, the numbers are fake. The calls may be backed by SIMs, and that is an interesting implementation detail, but doesn’t change how to treat them (which is don’t try to retaliate)
minus-squareconst_void@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoWait till you see the crypto mining setups
minus-squarejamie_veal (she/her)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoNot to forget the like-farms.
minus-squaresaimen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoOr the social selling factories https://twitter.com/i/status/1693382979291156942
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoFirst day on the internet? stay pure
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI’m not one who worries about RF and my health, but I’m not too sure I’d hang around that setup very long
They are from SIM card farms.
My dad took my old phone out to a SIM card farm upstate
Nature is beautiful
Really makes you proud to be living in the golden age.
Usually they are just spoofed, and the real owner of the number is innocent.
The number is spoofed yes, but the SIM card still has to be real in order to connect.
Kinda irrelevant in this context though, since OOP (allegedly) listed the spoofed number on craigslist.
Oh definitely, but the person I originally replied to asked if they were servers, not real SIM cards.
They asked if the numbers were from servers. No, the numbers are fake. The calls may be backed by SIMs, and that is an interesting implementation detail, but doesn’t change how to treat them (which is don’t try to retaliate)
Jesus Christ, how horrifying.
Wait till you see the crypto mining setups
Not to forget the like-farms.
Or the social selling factories
https://twitter.com/i/status/1693382979291156942
First day on the internet? stay pure
TIL
Right but it’s not true
I’m not one who worries about RF and my health, but I’m not too sure I’d hang around that setup very long
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