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[–] tyler@programming.dev 62 points 1 day ago (7 children)
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 hours ago

My dad took my old phone out to a SIM card farm upstate

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Really makes you proud to be living in the golden age.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Usually they are just spoofed, and the real owner of the number is innocent.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The number is spoofed yes, but the SIM card still has to be real in order to connect.

[–] uienia@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Kinda irrelevant in this context though, since OOP (allegedly) listed the spoofed number on craigslist.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Oh definitely, but the person I originally replied to asked if they were servers, not real SIM cards.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 1 points 26 minutes ago* (last edited 25 minutes ago)

They asked if the numbers were from servers. No, the numbers are fake. The calls may be backed by SIMs, and that is an interesting implementation detail, but doesn't change how to treat them (which is don't try to retaliate)

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Jesus Christ, how horrifying.

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait till you see the crypto mining setups

[–] jamie_veal@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not to forget the like-farms.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

First day on the internet? stay pure

[–] gilarelli@jlai.lu 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Right but it's not true

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 day ago

I'm not one who worries about RF and my health, but I'm not too sure I'd hang around that setup very long