Not at all wild. You get a client that cannot be uninstalled on windows; you've given up your email address and the password that goes with it, the client and network is always on while you're on the internet, the server gets your ip addresses, so it's a simple matter to reach directly into your computer for some malware fun. Malware networks have done much more with far less in the past.
-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, Liam Erven wrote: > These are some pretty wild claims, do you have anything to back up these > claims? > > On Apr 4, 2023, at 11:52 AM, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That could be used to set up a bot net once all the compromised computers > > got malware installed on them. > > > > > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > >> On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > >> > >> Then I won't be giving them a second chance. Guess I'm glad I didn't have > >> success creating an account. On Apr 4, 2023 8:25 AM, Jude DaShiell > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> The people behind that mud intend to hack all machines and accounts that > >>> sign up. > >>> > >>> > >>> -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > >>> defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > >>> order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > >>> > >>>> On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Let us know what you find, please. When I opened mx browser just now it > >>>> opened the documentation so I looked up creating an account and it said > >>>> you have to use an email address and "its" password, > >>>> the quotes are mine. I was using my email but with a different password > >>>> that I intended for use only with the Nexus app. Like I said, if you > >>>> want to add third-party muds like Alter Aeon, you have > >>>> to create an account so your game info can be stored on the Nexus > >>>> servers. So why would they need the password associated with my email > >>>> account itself. I wouldn't give that out to a shinpping site > >>>> or whatever, I'd create a site-specific password as I tried to do here. > >>>> So please do test this, on mobile if possible, and let us know what you > >>>> find. thanks, Mattias! > >>>> > >>>> On Apr 4, 2023 3:02 AM, mattias <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Thanks i have to test it > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Sent from Mail for Windows > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> From: Heather Seaman > >>>> Sent: den 4 april 2023 08:50 > >>>> To: [email protected] > >>>> Subject: [blind-gamers] Forget Nexus Mud App > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> A few weeks agoI wrote that I had found a new mud client for Android > >>>> called Nexus from Iron Realms Entertainment. Well in order to add > >>>> third-party games to the app you have to create a Nexus > >>>> account first consisting of an email address and a password. The first > >>>> time I tried, they were having server issues, I think, since I couldn't > >>>> even access the online client documentation. > >>>> When I tried again just now I kept being told that my email address was > >>>> not a valid email, even though I'm 100 percent sure I typed the address > >>>> perfectly. So I just now uninstalled the app. > >>>> And I have to say don't go there. So we're back to square 1 as far as > >>>> playing muds on Android is concerned. ininsighinin > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#126161): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/126161 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/98054946/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/21656/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
