Jane (@janeadams@datavis.social)

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I wonder if I have discovered a huge #Mastodonsocial bot net.

Look at the profile description, most of the (the similar looking) followers, names, posts (#AI made images), the accounts engaging with those & join date.

They seem to advertise the same 2 websites.

Examples:
https://mastodon.social/@thomasleah
https://mastodon.social/@thomasking
https://mastodon.social/@johnnysands
...

@Mastodon @Gargron @staff
What do you think?

#Fediverse #Mastodon #botnet #bot #bots #it #tech #automation #artificialintelligence #socialmedia

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@madeindex @Mastodon @Gargron @staff Lol they hit Reddit too: https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/iusoqf/is_screenrec_safe_to_use/

I like that the same picture is in their testimonials and their 'about' page..

Good catch, this is honestly a great example for a digital literacy class on how to identify a sophisticated botnet

Screenshot from the screen rec website of "Gerry", founder of a marketing company (allegedly), giving a testimonial - except inexplicably she is also the head of content for the company?

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@janeadams @Mastodon @Gargron @staff

😂 😂 😂

Nice research! They already operated 4 years ago 🤯

After reading that review by Zeta67: We need to hope nobody here downloaded it 👍

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