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What’s funny is some people on threads were skeptical that the mobile safari browser was actually locked. It certainly was - though true browser locks are rare they are certainly possible - even on mobile
Rob Leathern retweeted
Refresher on V1VC
I’m a solo GP writing ~$500k checks at pre-seed and seed out of a $25M fund III
Energy
Aerospace
Physical AI
AI Infrastructure
AI Application layer
We want to be the first check or in the first round or two
We’ve backed companies like @LoftOrbital, @astranis, @talostrading, @KeplerComms, @allbirds, @SupercriticalUS, @HoneydewCare, @zeddotdev, @builderio, @getstream_io and many other great companies
This is a scam - do not call this number, it locks up your mobile browser, but beware they’re not going to help you!
I spoke to @deathtospinach about romance scams and whether platforms are doing enough to counter them:
Smart - old school Mapquest continues to zig while others zag
The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️
Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras that watch streets and public spaces.
Keanu Reeves isn't on social media. Becky Holmes has still been contacted by more than 200 of him.
Becky started mocking fake Brad Pitt romance scammers during Covid. Then the victims started reaching out, and the joke became a mission.
On the new episode of Won't Fix, we talk about her book 'Keanu Reeves Is Not in Love With You', why she says the social media platforms are doing almost nothing, and why we need to stop saying people "fell for" a scam.
I could not resist -
🤖 Made with AI
I was reading this article about these memory miracle cure scams. And the first ad underneath it was for one of these memory miracle cure scams. have you seen these @katienotopoulos ?
This was a great conversation - Jon told a story from his first year as a commissioner, in 2004, about Sanford Wallace, the self-described “Spam King.” Wallace’s spyware would make victims’ CD-ROM trays open and close on their own. Then he’d email them offering software to fix it.
“If you paid them $39.95, they would stop the CD-ROM tray from opening and closing, which they had caused in the first place.”
Former FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz told me this week:
"AI gives every malefactor an army. Old-fashioned fraud was labor-intensive."
The scams his FTC fought 15 years ago, like fake free trials, scareware, and phony tech support, never went away. They just got cheaper, faster, and far more convincing. A fake Oprah endorsement used to be a Photoshop job; now it's a video in her voice.
We agreed that regulation is a tricky balance we haven’t found yet… & we all need to build more.
Our chat here: wontfixpod.com/podcast/episo…
I was reading this article about these memory miracle cure scams. And the first ad underneath it was for one of these memory miracle cure scams. have you seen these @katienotopoulos ?
Former FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz told me this week:
"AI gives every malefactor an army. Old-fashioned fraud was labor-intensive."
The scams his FTC fought 15 years ago, like fake free trials, scareware, and phony tech support, never went away. They just got cheaper, faster, and far more convincing. A fake Oprah endorsement used to be a Photoshop job; now it's a video in her voice.
We agreed that regulation is a tricky balance we haven’t found yet… & we all need to build more.
Our chat here: wontfixpod.com/podcast/episo…
Rob Leathern retweeted
1/ How I infiltrated a Chinese organized crime syndicate that has laundered $1B+ across multiple exploits for Lazarus Group.
Posing as a client, I gathered intel that helped action freezes for the Feb 2025 Bybit exploit and attribute illicit activity onchain.
You’re too kind @JamesBorow - I wish there were better news however!
Unfortunately, the scammers aren’t lazy. Great convo w/ @robleathern (aka Batman of fraud fighting).