IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, February 23, 2023

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<h5><a href="https://www.gentoo.org/news/2023/02/22/Gentoo-GSoC-2023.html">Gentoo accepted into Google Summer of Code 2023</a></h5>

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<p>The GSoC is an excellent opportunity for gaining real-world experience in software design and making oneself known in the broader open source community. It also looks great on a resume. Some initial project ideas can be found here, but new projects ideas are also welcome. For new projects time is of the essence: they have to be worked out, discussed with the mentors, and submitted before th

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e April 4th deadline. It is strongly recommended that contributors refine new project ideas with a mentor before proposing the idea formally.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.gentoo.org | Gentoo accepted into Google Summer of Code 2023 – Gentoo Linux

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<h5><a href="https://tedium.co/2023/02/22/early-modem-technology-history/">The Hayes Code</a></h5>

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<p>The other factor was Dennis Hayes. A onetime engineer for National Data Corporation who had experience working with AT&T’s Long Lines service, his job was actually setting up modems that made it possible for retailers to offer credit card machines. Those modems, built to connect to mainframes, didn’t need acoustic couplers, which meant that the job taught him a skill that would soon pro

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ve extremely valuable to the PC industry at large.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-tedium.co | Hayes Command Set History: The Tech That Dialed In a Million Modems

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<h5><a href="https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/02/22/detecting-falls-by-embedding-ml-into-clothing/">Detecting falls by embedding ML into clothing</a></h5>

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<p>At first, Vikstrom tried to gather and label data for all kinds of activities, including sitting, walking, running, driving, etc., but later realized anomaly detection would be much better suited for this application. After collecting around 80 seconds of data with Edge Impulse Studio, he trained an anomaly detection model to detect when any out-of-the-ordinary events occur. The model was t

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hen deployed to the Nicla Sense ME by integrating the inferencing code with a BLE service that outputs a positive value when a fall is detected, as well as illuminating the onboard LED.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.arduino.cc | Detecting falls by embedding ML into clothing | Arduino Blog

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<h5><a href="https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/02/22/james-bruton-improves-his-triangle-tracked-tank/">James Bruton improves his triangle-tracked tank</a></h5>

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<p>The overall concept is the same as the original: three tank tracks arranged in a triangle formation contain rollers perpendicular to the track direction. The rollers let the tracks slide freely side-to-side, but provide grip when the track moves forward or backward. With three of those tracks, the robot can move in any direction by vectoring the relative rotational speeds. The original desi

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gn struggled, because it couldn’t get traction unless it was flat on the ground. The new design has three differences to address that: trapezoidal tracks, a sort of pivoting suspension system, and dual rollers positioned on the outsides of the tracks.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.arduino.cc | James Bruton improves his triangle-tracked tank | Arduino Blog

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<h5><a href="https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/monitoring-a-fishtank-with-influxdb-and-grafana.html">Monitoring an Aquarium with InfluxDB and Grafana</a></h5>

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<p>The plan is to also add monitoring for PH levels, but the probe that I need for that hasn't arrived yet.</p>

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<p>In this post I'll talk about the aquarium monitoring and alerting system that I've built using a Raspberry Pi, InfluxDB, Telegraf and Grafana.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Monitoring an Aquarium with InfluxDB and Grafana | www.bentasker.co.uk

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<h5><a href="https://www.americanoversight.org/dhs-and-cybersecurity-agency-cannot-search-for-text-messages-with-election-deniers-because-of-prior-practice-of-wiping-government-phones">DHS and Cybersecurity Agency Cannot Search for Text Messages with Election Deniers Because of Prior Practice of Wiping Government Phones</a></h5>

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<p>Unfortunately, it appears that those records may simply be gone. The congressional Jan. 6 investigation led to revelations last summer that Secret Service texts and data from the days around the attack on the Capitol had been deleted, as had those of top Trump administration DHS officials including Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli. Their government-issued phones had been wiped during a “reset” when offi

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cials left their jobs, despite the potential presence of public records on those devices.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.americanoversight.org/dhs-and-cybersecurity-agency-cannot-search-for-text-messages-with-election-deniers-because-of-prior-practice-of-wiping-government-phones )

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<h5><a href="https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/how-genes-from-neanderthals-predispose-people-to-severe-covid-19-70975">How Genes from Neanderthals Predispose People to Severe COVID-19</a></h5>

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<p>Now, Terence Capellini, a Harvard University human evolutionary biologist, and colleagues have systematically evaluated the more than 600 genetic variants in the region. Ultimately, they homed in on three variants that regulate two key chemokine receptor genes that play a role in mediating the cytokine storm that is often involved in the pathogenesis of severe COVID-19. The results, publish

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ed February 10 in eLife, shed new light on the interplay between the host genome and COVID-19 outcomes and help unravel the molecular mechanisms that underpin severe COVID-19.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.the-scientist.com | How Genes from Neanderthals Predispose People to Severe COVID-19 | The Scientist Magazine®

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<h5><a href="https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/02/22/a-diy-peristaltic-pump-controlled-by-an-arduino/">A DIY peristaltic pump controlled by an Arduino</a></h5>

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<p>A peristaltic pump works by pushing the liquid through a flexible tube. Inside the pump there are rollers that spin while pushing against the tube, forcing the liquid (or air) along. The rollers only make contact with the outside of the tube, so there is no risk of contamination. To clean the inside of the tube, one only needs to run a solution through the pump. If contamination is a seriou

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s concern, as would be the case for medical equipment, it is easy and affordable to replace the entire tube.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.arduino.cc | A DIY peristaltic pump controlled by an Arduino | Arduino Blog

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<h5><a href="https://cphpost.dk/2023-02-22/news/when-lifes-this-good-who-needs-the-metaverse-chorus-danes-in-their-condemnation-of-virtual-worlds/">When life’s this good, who needs the Metaverse, chorus Danes in their condemnation of virtual worlds</a></h5>

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<p>Only the Irish hate it more, according to a new study, but there’s a good reason why people in advanced societies tend to shun such technology, according to an expert</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-cphpost.dk | When life’s this good, who needs the Metaverse, chorus Danes in their condemnation of virtual worlds - The Post – The Post

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<h5><a href="https://www.omglinux.com/google-chrome-memory-saver-linux/">Google Chrome Now Uses Less Memory on Linux</a></h5>

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<p>Now, if the feature sounds familiar it’s because Google actually announced it last year. However, it’s only just begun rolling out to users of Google Chrome’s stable channel (and if you don’t know what the stable channel is I can guarantee that you’re probably using it).</p>

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<p>You don’t need be an excessive tab-hoarder to benefit, which is nice. I only ever have about 6 tabs open at any one time but some, like Gmail, can squat on sizeable amounts of memory over time.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.omglinux.com | Google Chrome Now Uses Less Memory on Linux - OMG! Linux

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psydroid2: https://www.manutd.com/en/matches/matchcenter?matchId=2336399

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.manutd.com | Manchester United vs Barcelona - UEFA Europa League 23 February 2023 | Manchester United | Manchester United

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big match

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saaw many people in town

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flocking to old traff

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<h5><a href="https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/family-planning-offers-the-best-means-for-combating-climate-change-an-interview-with-carter-dillard-fair-start-movement/">Family Planning Offers the Best Means for Combating Climate Change: An interview with Carter Dillard, Fair Start Movement</a></h5>

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<p>Fair Start Movement, an NGO focused on addressing climate and social issues triggered by intergenerational inequality, places family planning at the core of its mission. Policies that support and empower smaller families to share resources and work together create fairer, more sustainable societies. Such societies prioritize children and not just adults, preserve animal and plant sp

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ecies and not just humans, and protect future generations and not just the current one. Carter Dillard, Policy Director of Fair Start Movement (FSM), explains below: [...]</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-mahb.stanford.edu | Family Planning Offers the Best Means for Combating Climate Change: An interview with Carter Dillard, Fair Start Movement - MAHB

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it was a good game last week and I expect the same thing tonight

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i don't watch the games anymore

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just results/scores

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sometimes not even the scores

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just tables

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I'm just programming and I have the games in small windows

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yeah, makes sense

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i find it hard without muting them

Feb 23 18:30

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there is a cli program for live scores

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livrescores-cli it's called

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but atm it's broken

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again not compatible with the data source

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it's a moving goalpost

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pun intended

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they keep moving the posts

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program breaks

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fixed

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breaks again

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it must be done intentionally

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but I don't understand why

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the italian dev quit bothering to fix it

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last year

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maybe to force people to visit the website

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and i think some people pushed fixes

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but he didn't bother merging

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lost interest

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like with youtube

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it's written in python

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let's check if there's a fix

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oh, he fixed it

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2 weeks ago!

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after over a year

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installing now

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it needs pip3

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not pep ;-)

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git clone https://github.com/codeezer/livescore-cli.git

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cd livescore-cli

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./setup (unix)

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livescore -t bpl

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-GitHub - codeezer/livescore-cli: command-line football (soccer) livescore and *news for linux/mac user

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lol

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done

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it works now

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took 2 mins

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mostly apt- install pip

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Barclay's Premier League TABLE

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LP Team Name GP W D L GF GA GD Pts

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1 Arsenal 23 17 3 3 51 23 28 54

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2 Manchester City 24 16 4 4 60 24 36 52

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3 Manchester United 24 15 4 5 41 28 13 49

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4 Tottenham Hotspur 24 13 3 8 44 35 9 42

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5 Newcastle United 23 10 11 2 35 15 20 41

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updates every 10 secs

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Barclay's Premier League SCORES

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February 19 FT Manchester United 3 - 0 Leicester City

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February 19 FT Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 0 West Ham United

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very handy

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does colours too

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if yoiur terminal supports it

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and uses the system-notify bits

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I'll try it out in a few minutes

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to send alerts to your desktop when a goal is scored

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need to run setup as root

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to install the binary

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i did cat on it first

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in case he went full mafia

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after 5 years

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it works for me too, although setup doesn't work for me

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what does it say?

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lots of fan s today on the platforms

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tram

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from spain

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psydroid2: run it manually

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setup

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one command at a time

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to be sure it's not breaking your systems

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iirc, it was steam that got the dir wrong

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and could potentially wipe homedir

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like 8 years ago

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error: externally-managed-environment

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× This environment is externally managed

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╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install

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python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to

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install.

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I have no idea what any of this means, both as a user and as root

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is pip/pip3 installed?

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what distro?

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Debian bookworm

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it's installed

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can you run it?

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I can run it directly, yes

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maybe he over-specified deps

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if it runs with soms shortcut or symlinks, good enough

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<h5><a href="https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/beware-of-this-disney-impersonation-email-which-leads-to-a-phishing-website-aGWc96B6c95n">Beware of this Disney+ impersonation email which leads to a phishing website</a></h5>

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<p>It's an example of an impersonation scam. We’ve recently reported on other scam emails promoting diet pills using fake Dragons’ Den endorsements and fraudsters imitating Hotmail to phish for personal details.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.which.co.uk | Beware of this Disney+ impersonation email which leads to a phishing website - Which? News