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Inspired by the latest Bill Simmons podcast that discusses this topic:

This guy sees it coming.

Essentially, it's a prediction that we're going to lose control of the internet/email/news because of scammers, fakers, etc.

The podcast is interesting until they start talking about conspiracy theories and gun stuff, then it gets goofy. Simmons has a guy on from Buzzfeed to talk about the dangers of fake news, which is fucking hilarious in its irony, and then Simmons talks about his gun control stance, which is based on fake news. (An AR-15 does not shoot 200 rounds a minute.)

Anyway, I was initially buying into the sky is falling thing, but then it occurred to me that we'll be fine. There's too much money in the internet for corporations/governments to let it fail via fake news/email scams.

Leisher wrote: Essentially, it's a prediction that we're going to lose control of the internet/email/news because of scammers, fakers, etc.

I see this issue, but agree it won't be sky is falling. That being said... I so damned sick of the scammers. Internet, phone (with faked callback #s), email... It's everywhere and I just wish people would kill it. I'm almost willing to put up with a surveillance state.

I should update the facebook post about it.... since I stopped answering those calls with the spoofed caller IDs, they've stopped coming. Getting one every one or two days, now, instead of 5 a day.

I think the computer stops calling the number if it stops responding.

I think that in the future, we'll all need to get used to operating with white lists of who can contact us. Otherwise, it will be constant annoyance, all day and all night.

I honestly would love to publicly challenge Anonymous to do something about it, but I don't want that sort of attention

Seriously though, it's in their mission statement that these assholes are the ones they should be going after. Also, why haven't they done something about the child porn on the dark web? Seems their targets are pretty selective, and thus, kills the credibility of the group.

I think that there's just too much of everything to fight, and not enough actual anonymous members who have the actual talent to get anything done.

Plus always having to hide from the police.

Leisher wrote: (An AR-15 does not shoot 200 rounds a minute.)