this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2025
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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

Be warned:

If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

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[–] kane@femboys.biz 38 points 2 days ago (5 children)

This is why people should be worried of using these massive services, luckily it was ‘only’ Discord (if this was your primary way to interact with friends, this can be a huge deal).

But imagine if it was your email account!

Getting a reputable provider, self hosting or using a decentralized option is paramount for your own sanity.

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Currently having problems with GMail I lost my old phone (2fA) and no device was logged in so i could not access steam and like everything that requires that old mail

And my phone provider or postal service is stupid because i could not get a replacement sim after multiple tries which normally works

Googles account recovery policy is basically:

  • 2fA
  • recovery email
  • create a new account x.x

I think the recovery mail option only gets unlocked after 6? months inactivity because ~3 months ago i did not have the option

Now after requesting a recovery i still have to wait a full month before they maybe send me a password reset to my moms mail

But steam support was nice. Managed to get the account by providing a product key i used a few months ago and was lucky enough not to have thrown the physical card away

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Currently having problems with GMail I lost my old phone (2fA)

Yea this is exactly why I don't use 2FA

If the password is like 64 characters randomly generated by Keepass, the 2FA doesn't matter.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nah, any decent password manager or security application can manage multi-factor security credentials of any kind without lock-out due to phone loss.

Password authentication is beyond primitive by offering too many avenues of attack: the full secret is transmitted & shared. Passkeys, client certificates, OTP don't transmit the secret key. Passkeys & client certificates authentication never share a secret key, so the server can't expose it.

[–] Blaat1234@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

You can still accidentally leak your password via phishing or malware. 2FA is fine if you don't tie it to a phone number, simplest way: install any authenticator app for TOTP tokens. Scan the QR code on multiple devices like phone + tablet, or old phone, for redundancy. Or save the secret key.

Google and most critical services also give you a list of 10 single use emergency codes that you should print or save in Keepass - lost the phone? Nbd just use one of the codes and reset 2FA.

I also never thought my non shared password would be public but one day I suddenly got prompted on the authenticator if I wanted to login; still no idea how or why but at least no one could get in and immediately rotated out the password.

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[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 65 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Anon doesn't know, Discord fails to include a libre software license text file. We do not control it, anti-libre software.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 58 points 2 days ago (26 children)

That is kinda bullshit if they didn't even see the content.

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[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 41 points 2 days ago

Anon's big mistake was not being the President of the Gulf of America.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 11 points 2 days ago

Discord usually just uses some bullshit allegations when they feel like kicking accounts down

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 days ago

Anon forgot to put their interpersonal relationships in a RAID array

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I created a Discord account so I could try Midjourney and my account got blocked within a few hours. I use a VPN most of the time, can't remember if I was with Discord so might have had the same IP as another user. Didn't bother to set up another account.

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They block most VPNs outright.

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 days ago

All the more reason to not use Discord imo.

[–] iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Mullvad works.

[–] sgbrain7@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

gosh, that makes me feel really nervous

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[–] Master@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Its greentext. Its not real/true.

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And yet it is.

Can't say if this anon specifically had this happen, but there's plenty of proof of it happening.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 2 days ago

So basically if you hate a community, you just gotta go there and post some no-no pics, and everything gets nuked? Great, I'm sure nobody will abuse this.

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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 10 points 2 days ago

I'm worried that for reporting all those servers and people, I will get a permaban as a thank you.

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