Nicoled @feddit.org zombie bubble kitty @lemmy.blahaj.zone 2w ago

nicole bypassing the filters by putting the text in the image

little do they know nobody is going to type out those urls by hand...

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She should have merch.
- Friend of Nicole
- Nicole Cage top
Thank god phones let you easily copy these links from the image. I was worried I'd have to type them in.

Edited to not rankle people.
- Lol are you a Google rep?
- A yes the pixel, the only device ever to offer OCR.
  
  The screenshot shot is of a Pixel-only feature. I was trying to preemptively fend off questions about it. I have since edited the comment so as not to offend people
  
  I was trying to make a joke about intentionally (and stupidly) trying to visit these links.
  
  My Samsung does it too.
So admins have to do ocr on every pic now?
- I think the most effective would be to add a step so you could only write a message to people when both parties have consented or something like that.
  
  https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/5510
As an American, I'm voting for her next election.
- Cute, you still think you'll get elections
- She doesnt fit the requirements to be able to become a candidate in the united states of america unfortunately
  
  We can rig it.
poor girl is trying so hard to make friends
I just got this exact same message. Different account tho. Couldn't report it for some reason even though the account isn't banned yet.
It seems like the theory of deanonymizing users using images makes more sense with this
- Not really. The messages always had pictures. That hasn't changed. This is to bypass text filters.
  
  If this entity just wanted to deanonymize users, a transparent GIF pixel would work even better. Then you wouldn't even be aware there was an image. And then you could vary the text sent to each person to avoid filters and avoid suspicion.
  
  The message itself could just be a single word like "a". Something you can't reasonably filter. There wouldn't need to be a meaningful message at all if you're just trying to determine the IP of users.
  
  Nah... The point of these messages has always been to get people to go to these URLs. This is probably classic catfishing.
  
  Besides, are the image URLs even unique? Or include the name of the user they're sent to? If not, then it's useless as a deanonymization mechanism.
  
  Fair, I'll take your point as it does sounds reasonable to me as well. But I don't believe the point is to get people to visit the links, the vast majority aren't and those who did report there is nothing on the other end. So, go figure.
  
  As for obtaining IP- I've no idea on how that works, so I can't present you with a counterargument. There are posts discussing that already, has anyone brought that up there?
- Lemmy supports proxying images though. I read the release notes for the feature and its supposed to work on all image urls:
  
  The setting works by rewriting links in new posts, comments and other places when they are inserted in the database. source
- what's this?
The Friendica link has a work address. I wonder, now, if it's the address of a person or company they're trying to harm. No way it's actually her real work address.

Turns out it's a grocery store.

Someone should ask on the Google maps Q&A section, "Does Nicole, A.K.A Fediverse Chick, work there?" 😄
- Someone should ask on the Google maps Q&A section, "Does Nicole, A.K.A Fediverse Chick, work there?" 😄
  
  Assuming this is actually a harassment campaign (which seems likely tbh) that would be the worst thing you could do.
  
  I could think of a hundred worse things! My idea was a benign question.
Fun fact: her matrix server is a cesspool of racist garbage
little do they know nobody is going to type out those urls by hand...

Never underestimate the lengths that thirsty bois will go.

And most OSs provide OCR.
Am I the only one who hasn’t gotten one of her messages?
- you probs missed it, the admin of SJW auto deletes the spam messages when caught
What is that font up there?
- i installed it from my phone's personalization app but it doesn't seem like a commercial font or anything (no results from google). i just feel like it helps my dyslexia idk
  
  What's the name of that app?
- It looks like a dialogue tree from the 16bit Fallout games.
  
  brb, off to get a GECK from Poland.
  
  Does it? I'm not a font guy but to me it looks more like comic sans.
  
  Were there 16 bit Fallout games? Was Fallout 1 that early on Windows?
I was wondering what happened. I haven't heard any updates on her recently.

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