Had a strange call from "Microsoft"
Watch out for this one! This morning I received a call from someone with a strong East Indian accent, who claimed he was from Microsoft and he claimed that I had a problem with my computer. Afte...
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There are a lot of non tech-savvy people out there who can easily fall for a "your computer has a virus", or "your computer is running ILLEGAL software, better do our stuff or else go to jail" items.
I've had a robocall from someone pretending to be from Microsoft stating my computer was running pirated software, and to download some "scanner" from an IP address. I politely reminded them that the box in question is running Linux.
On Android, I recommend everyone who is using Android download the app Mr. Number, which blocks immediately spammers/robocallers. iOS actually has roadblocks to prevent people from explicitly blocking numbers (best one can do is jailbreak a device and use iBlacklist.)
I've had a robocall from someone pretending to be from Microsoft stating my computer was running pirated software, and to download some "scanner" from an IP address. I politely reminded them that the box in question is running Linux.
On Android, I recommend everyone who is using Android download the app Mr. Number, which blocks immediately spammers/robocallers. iOS actually has roadblocks to prevent people from explicitly blocking numbers (best one can do is jailbreak a device and use iBlacklist.)
