I just received a call from an indian microsoft technician. He informed me that my PC is sending a ton of error messages to microsoft. Most likely it has been hacked, and he would help me by remoting in and fixing the problem for me. I just wonder… Is it my PopOs or my Manjaro PC that sends all this info to microsoft?

  • meow
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    1 year ago

    You could’ve told him your local IP (192.168.(1…255).(1…255)), is completely useless outside your home network but looks real enough.

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      1 year ago

      Anybody with a bit of technical knowledge will recognize a local IP address