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		codebje 79 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can you trust that permission pop-up on macOS? If someone cold calls me and asks me to verify myself, I refuse. If it’s an expected call or they give me a good reason to, I’ll call their listed contact number back. So far I have not missed out on anything of consequence by refusing to identify myself to someone who initiated contact with me.

jonplackett 79 days ago [–]

I likewise refuse the bank’s call and they’re always really confused why I’d do such a thing - so clearly they have successfully trained all their other customers to be morons - and then they will no doubt blame them when they get conned.

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