They say that the word "Dave" is banned, for some bizarre reason that they don't know. You can't understand why that would be deleted so you DM another person in the chat to get an explanation. Let's say you watch a female streamer, you type a message about Dave Mustaine because it's pertinent to the discussion and it gets deleted.
The more common a word is, the more likely it is for a message to contain it and get deleted, making the viewer scratch their head. Security in this day and age should be important to everyone and I'm glad some people are open to improving it, but please make sure you're getting accurate and correct advice before implementing something that could end up hurting more in the long run.Īs always, I'm more than happy to help answer any questions or comments around this stuff.Īs I said in another post, the words you ban can reveal your fears and insecurities if someone starts wondering why they're banned. Please don't just take "security" advice from people on the Internet without doing research on the person giving it, I've provided a few links about me and you can find more at. It's a lot easier to do now than it is later, so I suggest you do that instead of wasting your time on the auto-mod block list. You can do Google searches for your information to find these sites and get it removed. Most of the websites that have your past information have a way to opt-out of the data and get it purged. This doesn't even mean your own account is compromised but imagine a Twitch breach where all this data is now exposed. Of course the biggest issue is if your account ever get's compromised on Twitch, your block list will have a treasure trove of information that could be useful to the attacker. To them it doesn't even matter half the time if the information is correct, they are just trying to get a rise out of you.Īgain, decoys don't help because the troll isn't going to try random information they are going to try possible information they found about you, and you have to have the same "decoy" information they are attempting. You've still helped them narrow down a possible correct number. So if your old number was 22, and you add that as a decoy as well as your real number. People suggested adding decoys, but the question is, what decoys would they have? You need to guess the decoys that the troll might have found as well. It's a way for the troll to confirm they have the correct information. The other issue, and this was brought up in the thread I just saw.
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They will always be able to find a way to write the information you are trying to block in different ways that you then need to go and update your blocklist if you're trying to prevent it all. That's one issue with the system, you're playing a cat and mouse game with the troll. The troll could even say "This is streamers phone number (One One One) 111-1111. Which is a little less obvious but still again anyone in chat can put it together.
Or they could do (111) 111 1111, same thing, a human is going to know it's a phone number. So you'd have to add that, everyone else will still know it's a phone number. If someone thinks they have my number and are going to spam the chat with it, then simply writing the number (111)-111-1111 is going to allow it. One by having your number blocked and for this example let's assume my number is 11. It might seem like a good idea at first to block your phone number for instance, it's just 10 numbers and is easy to do. If your information is out there already a dedicated attacker/troll will find it and having it blocked in your chat is just a recipe for disaster. Putting your information like your address or phone number in a block list of words is not going to help protect you. Myself and another individual in information security did an AMA on this sub-reddit a few years back and created a security guide for streamers to check over. So I'm confident in me saying that this is a bad idea.
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I've helped secure multiple companies for a number of years, have done social engineering, red team, phishing, code review, reverse engineering and more over the course of my career. Hi all, I'm jaku, an ex-mod on this sub-reddit, and a Twitch Partner who has spent over 15 years in information security. But from a security perspective it's a horrible idea and has been something I've had to speak about many times. This comes up all the time on this sub-reddit and it get's upvoted like it's the best idea in the world.
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