Saudi's Crown Prince sends Bezos a video via WhatsApp, he clicks on it, and in the process downloads malware, which gives access to the phone for the prince and his people to grab pictures and other content.
Easy recipe for blackmail.
Careful what you click, whether on the phone, tablet, or computer.
https://www.wired.com/story/bezos-phone ... di-arabia/
Jeff Bezos Phone Hacked by Saudi Prince - Careful What You Click
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The best bit about this story is the predictable "what? Moi?" response from the Saudis. Just like when they denied the journalist was chopped up the embassy. And the Iranians with the airliner.
And they wonder why nobody in the world trusts them.
And they wonder why nobody in the world trusts them.
TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:45 pmSlavedog, you do not belong on this forum as you talk too much sense.
I don't plan on selling any military weapons or buy any oil in the near future, but I'll bear that in mind!techietraveller84 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:28 amCareful what you click, whether on the phone, tablet, or computer.
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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I recently read that the Amazon boss Jeff Bezos wife left him.
Presumably with a neigbour......
Presumably with a neigbour......
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Amazon sold me some complete junk, just crap, all with 5 star reviews.
Something's fishy at Amazon reviews.
Something's fishy at Amazon reviews.
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Some of the Chinese vendors have found ways to get loads of positive reviews, and it's a newish challenge that Amazon is (hopefully) trying to overcome.
"Counterfeits and inauthentic reviews “have all gone through the roof with the rise of Chinese sellers,” said Chris McCabe, an investigator for Amazon until 2012, now a consultant helping Amazon sellers counter illicit competition."
"Inauthentic reviews for listings from China can trick Amazon’s algorithm into boosting products, people outside Amazon familiar with the activities said. A search for “travel pillows” in August presented products with names such as MLVOC offered by sellers whose names matched those of Amazon accounts registered in southern China."
"The Journal ordered MLVOC-brand pillows from sellers named Corki and Kingstyle Supplies, and got gift cards offering a free pillow if the buyer emailed an address—the same address for both sellers. A “Gift card team” responded, asking the buyer to give a five-star review for which it promised an Amazon gift card. Of one MLVOC pillow’s roughly 2,000 reviews, about 86% have five stars."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-he ... 1573489075
"Counterfeits and inauthentic reviews “have all gone through the roof with the rise of Chinese sellers,” said Chris McCabe, an investigator for Amazon until 2012, now a consultant helping Amazon sellers counter illicit competition."
"Inauthentic reviews for listings from China can trick Amazon’s algorithm into boosting products, people outside Amazon familiar with the activities said. A search for “travel pillows” in August presented products with names such as MLVOC offered by sellers whose names matched those of Amazon accounts registered in southern China."
"The Journal ordered MLVOC-brand pillows from sellers named Corki and Kingstyle Supplies, and got gift cards offering a free pillow if the buyer emailed an address—the same address for both sellers. A “Gift card team” responded, asking the buyer to give a five-star review for which it promised an Amazon gift card. Of one MLVOC pillow’s roughly 2,000 reviews, about 86% have five stars."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-he ... 1573489075
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