You know, over the years, I’ve written about technology.
Admittedly, not much: as, non-professional that I am, there’s little I can say, beyond ‘Oh, look what I can do.’
Or, ‘Wow, look what I got!’
Oh, and ‘Look out for this lot …’
Frankly … ?
That’s something I’ve not done for a while: but think I now should.
~≈®≈~
Basically, you’d get a phone call from a company, claiming to have detected problems with your PC: and to be able to remotely fix it.
They do little: except by tricking you into downloading either a virus, or extremely iffy software.
And THEN charging you a fortune to remove it.
I even had a few calls like it, myself: they tended to get a bit strange, when I told them I had a Mac.
At ANY rate … ?
It’s happened … and then gone quiet.
So I noted, with a certain amount of interest, that one man had been arrested for running one of these scams.
All good.
It doesn’t solve the problem of the tons of others out there: but it’s a start.
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Having kept my eyes open for more on the story, though … ?
I couldn’t help but notice this piece of news.
Basically … ?
Microsoft have announced they’ll be suing the people that do this kind of scam.
Whether it works … ?
Well, I don’t know.
Here’s hoping it does, though: it could well provide a disincentive.
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