My last tweet before being Sim swapped and hacked on the bird app was a reply saying something like: Join us on #Nostr. Would be kind of fitting if that was my last one ever!

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Toby McMann 1 year ago
Everyone gets bitcoin at the price they deserve. Similar for those joining Nostr. Welcome. Your journey is complete.
The forced reliance on your mobile phone and telco SIM remains the Achilles Heel of sovereign digital identity. That is something that can be fixed with #nostr to gain independence from your phone and telco provider.
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Vdub 1 year ago
My last tweet on Txitter was my npub🤙🏼
The goal: marginalize alternative voices by targeting them with spam, censorship, hacking, etc. Stick to Nostr Jeff. Bring your audience here and use those centralized platforms only to siphon their users
Bummer this happened- maybe you and @Lawrence Lepard can do a livestream episode with me and help folks understand how to avoid this in the future as well as how to resolve it if it does since it is obviously an attack vector that we are all somewhat vulnerable to? I hope it gets resolved asap 🙏☮️🧡
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RNDaly83 1 year ago
Sorry to hear about your difficulties Jeff. Thank you for all you do in this space, guiding people towards abundance. Price of tomorrow has had suck an impact on how many of us think. Hopefully no one was scammed and even more reason to stick with #Nostr only. Have a great weekend.
One delicious thing for me is how Elon killed his bird, but #nostriches doubled down on theirs!
This is what I am thinking, post content of all types which is unique to #Nostr to pull in new users.
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It is up to you if this was your last tweet
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Chuck C 1 year ago
For what it’s worth I added an Authenticator app to my X account as well as deleted my phone number after learning about your unfortunate sim swap. Hope you are okay. 🧡
Sorry to hear about that, Jeff. I do have a twitter account (again) but what twitter used to be vs. what it has become . . . it's no wonder I spend almost all of my time on nostr. It's the Undiscovered Country.
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llamasrus 1 year ago
take the leap Mr. Booth. It is worth it.
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nobody 1 year ago
One handy trick I learned was that when you get a new phone with a fresh SIM card, not only lock it with a SIM PIN in settings, but call your mobile provider and get their (usually 2 I think) PUK codes. So if you or someone else accidentally locks out your SIM through unauthorized access or 3+ failed SIM PIN entries via your handset, you can unlock it again. Also in settings, turn on the option that requires you to enter your SIM PIN in order to reestablish connectivity to your carrier’s network when you power down the phone and power it back up again. It’s also a good idea to routinely call your carrier or log in to your account admin page and change the account access PIN.
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MRbtc 1 year ago
What were the consequences of that?
Is there a way to make it to where when someone zaps me it just goes straight to open sats? I’m not looking to personally benefit from my time here but if someone is eager to zap something I’ve said I’d love it to go towards opensats