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?

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    62·
    1 year ago

    I once played along just to waste their time. Got to the point where I had to go to a site and get my IP address.

    I told him it was 127.0.0.1, and he just said “I think you be messing with me now sir” and hung up. :D

    • meow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      41·
      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.