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PaulHoule 4 days ago

This has so many dimensions.

An authentication environment which has gotten so complex we expect to be harassed by messages say "your Plex password might be compromised", "your 2FA is all fucked up", etc.

And the crypto thing. Xe's sanguine about the impact, I mean, it just the web3 degens [1] that are victimized, good innocent decent people like us aren't hurt. From the viewpoint of the attacker it is all about the Benjamins and the question is: "does an attack like this make enough money to justify the effort?" If the answer is yes than we'll see more attacks like this.

There are just all of these things that contribute to the bad environment: the urgent emails from services you barely use, the web3 degens, etc.

[1] if it's an insult it is one the web3 community slings https://www.webopedia.com/crypto/learn/degen-meaning/