<![CDATA[Scan your passport to join our social network.]]>Scan your passport to join our social network.

Don’t worry, it’s European.

Needless to say, unless you’re a complete and utter fool, do not join W and warn your friends not to join W either.

@lain https://lain.com/objects/aaa7d9d6-331b-4a59-aeda-b2badafc15c3

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/e5883a21-a5e0-4e9b-b05c-dc84200318c5/scan-your-passport-to-join-our-social-network.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 01:51:50 GMTSun, 10 May 2026 07:21:12 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 17:21:01 GMT]]>@aral and when they say "send them my ID" they really mean "send my ID to Thiel's Persona", this goes without saying

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/users/freci/statuses/116551428456517545https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/users/freci/statuses/116551428456517545Sun, 10 May 2026 17:21:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 17:10:32 GMT]]>@khaleer @hsza @lain @aral really? But I'm not the one that is screaming and calling names. If I'm trolling, how would you describe his behavior? It's certainly not normal

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116546391885968183/statuses/116551387229795237https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116546391885968183/statuses/116551387229795237Sun, 10 May 2026 17:10:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 16:52:28 GMT]]>@vonKordke @hsza @lain @aral it was about you

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/khaleer/statuses/116551316179727474https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/khaleer/statuses/116551316179727474Sun, 10 May 2026 16:52:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 16:46:08 GMT]]>@aral @lain The same one that turned out to just be rebranded Bluesky? So the one where scans of your passport would be stored using American protocols, if not on American servers?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116551291262350535https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116551291262350535Sun, 10 May 2026 16:46:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 16:43:14 GMT]]>@freci @aral I had an issue like this once with PayPal. I'd made the account as a kid and when they found out, they locked it and told me to make a new one, but a bank account can only be tied to one PayPal account, so I needed to delete the old one. My account was so limited I couldn't delete it. Not only had to upload my ID, but their online chat literally always said it was outside business hours somehow so I had trouble getting anyone to come allow a deletion. What eventually worked was DMing them on Twitter. Was sorted out in under 24 hours. Of course I waited years before getting that desperate, so I'll probably always have a bit of a hatred for PayPal.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://asphodel.rip/objects/afb88792-16ff-4b7a-aa10-8616017726fchttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://asphodel.rip/objects/afb88792-16ff-4b7a-aa10-8616017726fcSun, 10 May 2026 16:43:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 16:33:47 GMT]]>@lennybacon @Julianoe @lain Well, Hitler did kill himself but I’m not sure if that counts.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116551242709255586https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116551242709255586Sun, 10 May 2026 16:33:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 16:32:43 GMT]]>@holdenweb @aral that’s intentional. There are various forms available to contact the customer service without being logged in but if you use an email address associated with a LinkedIn account they will redirect you to the FAQ instead of sending your question and if you use another email they will tell you they can’t do anything because they cannot confirm the account belongs to you. They apparently cannot just send a mail to verify your email address even though it’s apparently enough if you forgot your password.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/users/freci/statuses/116551238537204899https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/users/freci/statuses/116551238537204899Sun, 10 May 2026 16:32:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 16:20:48 GMT]]>@aral @Julianoe @lain Nobody ever got fired for hiring IBM!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/lennybacon/statuses/116551191677001085https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/lennybacon/statuses/116551191677001085Sun, 10 May 2026 16:20:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 16:15:25 GMT]]>@khaleer @hsza @lain @aral yea, it's waste of time

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116546391885968183/statuses/116551170490694771https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116546391885968183/statuses/116551170490694771Sun, 10 May 2026 16:15:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 16:00:50 GMT]]>@hsza @lain @aral @vonKordke why are you arguing with a troll lol

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/khaleer/statuses/116551113157874035https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/khaleer/statuses/116551113157874035Sun, 10 May 2026 16:00:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:46:17 GMT]]>@aral @TimWardCam @freci @noybeu They don’t?
The bastards won’t let me see it! And they certainly don’t include it in search results!

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/holdenweb/statuses/116551055959884772https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/holdenweb/statuses/116551055959884772Sun, 10 May 2026 15:46:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:39:28 GMT]]>@freci @aral That’s the problem with systems designed by lazy idiots. Nothing but the happy paths appear to have received much (sometimes any) thought.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/holdenweb/statuses/116551029148059414https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/holdenweb/statuses/116551029148059414Sun, 10 May 2026 15:39:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:34:14 GMT]]>@aral
Look, this is what a modern scam for the good of the people should look like. 🤯
@lain @wraith

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://quasselkopf.de/users/kranzkrone/statuses/116551008551734286https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://quasselkopf.de/users/kranzkrone/statuses/116551008551734286Sun, 10 May 2026 15:34:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:29:53 GMT]]>@aral @lain
I might not be able to get my passport because of the positive test results. Can I get European passports while I'm here in ? 😄🍉🇵🇸

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116179179760115920/statuses/116550991451119229https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116179179760115920/statuses/116550991451119229Sun, 10 May 2026 15:29:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:23:38 GMT]]>@Zeb@merovingian.club @lain You and your antisemitic account can fuck right off. Go! Shoo!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116550966849899809https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116550966849899809Sun, 10 May 2026 15:23:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:20:58 GMT]]>@TimWardCam @freci Oh, I reported Twitter to the Irish DPO as they don’t actually delete accounts regardless.

Went nowhere.

CC @noybeu

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116550956407379124https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116550956407379124Sun, 10 May 2026 15:20:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:10:30 GMT]]>@freci @aral class action lawsuit. they do it on purpose because they know individuals won't sue them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116550915238732991https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116550915238732991Sun, 10 May 2026 15:10:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:05:16 GMT]]>@freci @aral Same with Twitter. So my account there still exists but has been abandoned for some years.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/116550894663505481https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/116550894663505481Sun, 10 May 2026 15:05:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 14:49:41 GMT]]>@aral
Look. No matter who's running it, or where it's hosted, if it's run for profit, you're the product. It's as simple as that.
Just stay the fuck away from it.
@lain

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/shadowdancer/statuses/116550833355464078https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/shadowdancer/statuses/116550833355464078Sun, 10 May 2026 14:49:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 14:40:01 GMT]]>@EregLoch If you have an actual counterargument (i.e. not another non sequitur) then now is the time to present it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wetdry.world/users/CauseOfBSOD/statuses/116550795364443742https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wetdry.world/users/CauseOfBSOD/statuses/116550795364443742Sun, 10 May 2026 14:40:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 14:38:15 GMT]]>@EregLoch @aral seems i need to make my argument explicit as youve clearly misunderstood

We know that the client is not guaranteed to be trustworthy from the perspective of the server. We assume that the identity verification is done on the client only as stated. Per this assumption that means that the result of the verification is sent back as some form of yes/no (coupled with a name to be matched on the server, in case of success) or similar, without any other data that would allow the verification to be repeated on the server being sent back. As the client may be untrustworthy, it may manipulate the verification process or just send back modified data from a recorded successful verification with the attackers preferred values. Therefore, we can conclude that it is trivially possible to create fake accounts unless the assumption is false.

Whether or not the server is trustworthy is irrelevant to this attack.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wetdry.world/users/CauseOfBSOD/statuses/116550788434253098https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wetdry.world/users/CauseOfBSOD/statuses/116550788434253098Sun, 10 May 2026 14:38:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 14:21:26 GMT]]>@aral thank you for speaking up! Also see @_elena's post: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116537351402947996

@lain

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116155612437593224/statuses/116550722296645471https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116155612437593224/statuses/116550722296645471Sun, 10 May 2026 14:21:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 14:06:45 GMT]]>@aral @lain Lsocial lol

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedia.social/notes/am3euuvzdz6fps79https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedia.social/notes/am3euuvzdz6fps79Sun, 10 May 2026 14:06:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scan your passport to join our social network. on Sun, 10 May 2026 13:45:55 GMT]]>@CauseOfBSOD

@aral
You are missing rule 2: the server is untrustworthy. In networking any system can be malignant or hacked and become malignant. Assuming otherwise is failure in the waiting.

(Rule 3: use open source and invite the world to find vulnerabilities)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/EregLoch/statuses/116550582641281797https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/EregLoch/statuses/116550582641281797Sun, 10 May 2026 13:45:55 GMT