Now, that’s fascinating. I can see it, looking back. “Her" phrases probably
triggered by keywords in my questions. I didn’t think “she” sounded
particularly feminine, but then the exchange was brief. All moot now, ‘cause I
unfriended her. (At least I hope it’s all moot. Glad I adopted Nathan’s
approach to FB profile information. <g>)
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Jun 22, 2014, at 2:42 AM, Peter Klein <pklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Bob: The "conversation" you had was probably with a machine, which is why the
> it felt odd. Said machine didn't have any real interactive ability, it just
> generated random conversation-starter phrases. Each time you pressed Enter,
> it would say another seemingly realistic thing to keep you interested. The
> giveaway is that it was all kinda non sequitor, nothing related to what you
> said. Eventually it would have asked you for your email, or some other
> identifying information. They you would have been spammed unmercifully with
> everything from toenail fungus remedies to male enhancement to porn.
>
> I experienced a variation on this theme. A spammer hijacked a high school
> friend's Facebook account, and then did the same thing you experienced. In
> this case the fake Mary wanted me to go to her supposed Web site, which was a
> malware carrier. I immediately told (the real) Mary about it, and then got
> stuck helping to advise several non-technical high school classmates who'd
> fallen for it on how clean their computers and reset their FB passwords.
--
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