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john_strinlai 6 hours ago

the main issue is that we lack a global '911'.

secondary is the effort asymmetry between spinning up one of these scams (near 0 effort) and catching/prosecuting these scams (big effort, astronomical cost)

JumpCrisscross an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> main issue is that we lack a global '911'

406 MHz is pretty close [1]. If you have a radio that screams on that channel, chances are the nearest search-and-rescue operation will at least be notified.

[1] https://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/emergency-406-beacons/

Diti 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> the main issue is that we lack a global '911'.

911 is for emergencies. I don’t think the global 911 service would give any attention to a LinkedIn scam.

john_strinlai 5 hours ago | parent [-]

i used the same terminology as the parent, and i think we all know what is meant by it

pocksuppet 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

what about the outcome asymmetry between spinning up one of these scams (get one guy's computer) and getting caught (jail for life)

john_strinlai 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

you arent getting jail for life for this, even in the extremely remote chance you are caught. you are probably getting more than one guy's computer, though.

Jolter 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I’m sure they’ve gotten more than one hot wallet from out of work crypto bros. Probably a profitable venture.

umpalumpaaa 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don’t know but the us kidnaps ehhh arrests people on foreign land on a regular basis… and brings them to the US to stand trial. So if it’s “important” enough it will be aced upon…