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    sorry, cclarry has been quicker

    in Deals

    Posted

    On 2/12/2023 at 7:35 AM, paulo said:

    Advice to people considering posting a deal on the deals forum:

    1) Before submitting your post, take a brief moment to consider if it is really worth posting.

    2) If Yes, don't bother because in the time it took you to think about it, Larry just posted it.

    3) If No, look in the mirror and ask yourself why were you about to post something that wasn't really worth posting. This isn't the Coffee House.

    this should be pinned above the two pinned posts in this subsubsubforum 

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    Upgrading to Windows 11

    in The Coffee House

    Posted

    (Let me know if there's any other thread where this topic is addressed.)

    I'm thinking it's about time for me to upgrade from W10 to 11 and I'm wondering if anyone else here has gone that path. I believe OS installations over a clean slate are much better, but I don't want to spend that amount of time.

    So, did you do it? Did anything break? Compatibility issues?

    Would it be futile to ask that this thread does not devolve into a complain-fest about Windows or MS? Yes? I thought so! 😁 

    No deal - where’s Simeon?

    in Deals

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Simeon Amburgey said:

    Nick, the “is This You” was actually a YouTube app prompt. 
    it send a prompt notification to verify a login attempt, you select Yes or No  to confirm. I was selecting NO but the deed was already done and they wasted no time. I was able to see a complete timeline of each step looking at my Google account activity log.

    I bet they have most of their workflow automated. So by the time you even realize YT is asking for verification, the password has already been changed.

    They used your channel to livestream some stuff, what else did they want? Money?

    There's a combination of things that should make it almost automatic for YT to return the account to you: a) changed passwords, b) from an unusual location (within minutes (seconds), your account had activity from the U.S. and the Netherlands), c) drastic changes in content (they made ALL your videos private). I can't imagine a scenario where all those things happen at the same time in normal circumstances. YouTube should be smarter about this.

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    No deal - where’s Simeon?

    in Deals

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Simeon Amburgey said:

    Yeah,
    I had been using the Authenticator App when logging in but since they had the SESSION COOKIES (very important), that was how they got around it as it looked like they were using an authenticated device.
     

    There is no more helpless feeling than getting a pop up on your phone while you ARE DRIVING asking "Is This You" and the location is the Netherlands, you click NO - NO - NO and try to pull over to change your password but it is already too late. They must use some sort of automation as it happened fairly quickly and mind you my computer was turned off. The Trojan was able to scrape the information it needed to take my Gmail account over and that was extra scary as they had access to my emails on that account. Needless to say, I am working on migrating to a new email address and phasing the compromised one out. 

    it was and still is a very sobering experience and has ramped up my thought process on how to move forward more securely.

    Thanks again to everyone for their support.

    Joyfully,
    Simeon

    I'm sorry this happened to you. I hadn't thought about clearing all cookies when closing the browser as a security measure, but that's where we are. Particularly, cookies for financial services. It's a PITA, but no 2FA will help you if they get hold of your cookies, unless the yubikey works differently and it's required for it to stay plugged in at all times. 

    AI will empower the little guys in their scamming, phishing and hacking endeavors, so regular folks like us will see attacks directed to us more often. Not trying to be pessimistic, but it's better to be prepared. It used to be easy to detect phishing attempts because of how badly they were written, but now AI can write that kind of thing. 

    Also, they seemed to be in the Netherlands, but they were probably using a VPN, so who knows where these people were located.  

    I'm glad everything worked on your favor and that Youtube/Google provided the help that they sometimes don't.

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    No deal - where’s Simeon?

    in Deals

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Simeon Amburgey said:

    Hello friends,
    Friday I had the opportunity to get back on the horse and ride back into town with both guns blazing! It is so encouraging to have so many friends and viewers supporting and coming along with me in this life adventure, I am so grateful for that.

    if you missed the live, here is the full replay. I unpack some of the aspects of the phishing attack, sharing my experience. I also take a look at a few instruments along the way.

    Staying Joyful!

    I'M BACK!!! Unpacking The Past Week

     

    I just watched your video. I was quite inspired by your positivity. It's funny how the people who admit hubris are the least"hubrisome."

    How did the vandals overcome your two-factor authentication? Which includes the question, what type of 2FA were you using? I'm considering getting a yubikey after watching your video. Man! Congrats on getting your account back!

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    It Might Be Time To Rethink Our Audio Software Purchasing (not a deal but related to pricing)

    in Deals

    Posted

    To subscribe or not to subscribe: that is the question: 
    Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to pay for software on a monthly or annual basis,
    or to take arms against a sea of troubles and pay for a one-time license.
    To subscribe, to pay: perchance to have access to updates and support;
    aye, there's the rub: for in that subscription of payments, what updates may come,
    when we have succumbed to Apple's newest architecture, must give us pause.
    There's the respect that makes calamity of so long life;
    for who would bear the whips and scorns of monthly payments, the software bugs and compatibility issues,
    the pangs of despised updates, the support's delay,
    the insolence of customer service and the spurns that patient merit of the unworthy takes,
    when he himself might his quietus make with a bare one-time purchase?
    Who would subscriptions bear, to grunt and sweat under the music producer's life,
    but that the dread of something after purchase,
    the undiscovered country from whose bourn no customer returns,
    puzzles the will and makes us rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of?

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    U-he Sale at Native Instruments

    in Deals

    Posted · Edited by Monomox

    12 hours ago, Zo said:

    I think it s more an agreement than anything ... i emailed them few dayz ago asking them to buy direct from them , because at NI check out i saw this « in solidarity to ukr..... » bullshit , so i said ok let s buy from uhe direct .... but they said it s an NI sale handled by NI ( and i suppose as partners they don t want to short circuit it ) 

    What Zo said.

    NI does not do these sales on behalf of uhe and other vendors because NI is a charity, they do because it drives traffic to their website. So of course there's an agreement to prevent uhe from undercutting NI. The big dog helps the smaller dog, the big dog gets the traffic. Win win.

    I swear to God, guys, sometimes you talk like you don't have an MBA from the Wharton School of business.

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    Plugin Guru Unify $59 on Black Friday (rare)

    in Deals

    Posted

    3 hours ago, valhill said:

    Regarding discount. I was going to buy it at jrrshop...FORUM coupon works, for me was-$5 but I never used jrrshop before..looks like they do everything through PayPal only? Anyway, changed my mind and bought it at audiodeluxe.com and glad I did. They automatically added coupon HOLIDAY22 (-$6.02) minus my previous DeluxeBucks and added free software on top, FREE MeldaProduction MTransient, which I probably will never use:) but still gives some moral encouragement that I did the right thing:) Ow, and I earned DeluxeBucks again:)

    The GROUP code gives you an almost 10 buck discount

    Plugin Guru Unify $59 on Black Friday (rare)

    in Deals

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, Niky Serrano said:

    For @EC and @BTP ... yes! They removed the coupon prompt. I suppose that a lot of people were using the code to buy products...

    :(

    what a pity, the coupon was what was pushing me over the edge

    the application that interests me the most was layering drums... the thing is that many of the things this plugin does can be done in S1 Pro... not trying to criticize this product, I'm just trying to avoid paying for something I won't use (I know, collective GASP!)

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