Professional I.T. guy, union actor, hobby comedian and closet rap-battler.

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Joined 2 years ago
Cake day: July 3rd, 2023
  • GeekMan@sh.itjust.workstoPrivacy Guides@lemmy.one•Creator of HaveIBeenPwned Data Breach Site Falls for Phishing EmailEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Heh yeah they’re getting better.

    One day working in I.T. at a bank, I received an email that was formatted and written really convincingly that someone has referred me for a bigger role with a salary bump, with light/abstract details that could ‘be inferred as’ relevant to my country, sector & role. It just asked to click-through to see the opportunity-

    -which popped-up a warning from the company’s I.T. security that this was a phishing testing/training email, and I’d failed.

    I usually evade a phish, but this slightly-targeted one got me good.

    After that I had to ritualistically double-check potentially legitimate emails from external domains, for sketchy domains/short URLs/links/tracking cookies etc, because they included vendors & 3rd party consultants or contractors we were working with.

    At least (the) God(s) know scammers are bad people.

    Heh.

  • GeekMan@sh.itjust.workstoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is your profession?
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    1 month ago

    Software/solutions consultant, and union actor.

    I mean I was. I mean I am. I dunno. 20 years in I.T. starting from programming to a ‘senior tech consultant’. But was then made redundant. Didn’t get a job straight away. Started working at my girlfriend’s bar as a bartender & server.

    That was over a year ago. 60+ applications for jobs in I.T.; zero interviews. WTF.

    I’m trying to work out why & what to fix, but for now? I’m a server & actor.

    I’m reading and tinkering with technologies but not nearly enough. And will have to explain the gap in employment.

    It’s getting harder to resist the urge to panic and break down.

  • GeekMan@sh.itjust.workstoCanada@lemmy.ca•Toronto non-profit building tiny homes for unhoused
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    2 months ago

    I saw one out front of our business, on Front St Toronto, and several lined up along the edge of one of our downtown parks.

    The information on the home and from the guy talking to by-standers is that there’s a bicycle on the front of it - so it’s apparently allowed to stop “anywhere” because “it’s a bike”. No opinion on that, just repeating what I heard.

    Our owner had a chat with parking enforcement because it was during summer - CafeTO - and was taking up one of the few parking spaces nearby. Parking said (at the time) that they couldn’t do anything/don’t know what to do.

    No opinion here, just answering the previous two comments.