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0 pointsfrizlab1y ago0 comments

I got way worse. I was fined for leaving an unattended baggage at the train station for a bit. The fine came through an SMS message redirecting to a domain which I had to whois to verify was owned by the train company…

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0xDEAFBEAD1y ago· 1 in thread

Couldn't an attacker put in bogus whois data?

Is there anything which validates that the information from whois is actually accurate?

frizlabOP1y ago

I’m not sure about that. I also searched for other indicators that the link was actually valid.

lupire1y ago· 1 in thread

You left your ID in the baggage?

frizlabOP1y ago

I left it long enough for it to be discovered but I was around. I wasn't fined on the spot for some reasons and received the fine later.

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