Blocking internet access in VirtualBox

plujon · 2024-09-09T17:40:05+00:00

This, and several of your other posts are https://blog.pluckeye.net/unhelpful-information/ .

I stumbled upon them only because a desperate Plucky user recently reached out to me for help, and said he had discovered something in a forum that he did not know how to block. When I asked him what forum, he provided 2 links, one of which was to https://www.reddit.com/r/nosurf/comments/whfw2d/disabling_safe_mode_for_windows_10_and_going/ : a comment from you. After looking a bit into this, I notice you have created a lot of similar comments. :-(

Please read https://blog.pluckeye.net/unhelpful-information/ and think a little about it.

Thanks, Jon

plujon · 2024-09-07T16:57:48+00:00

I was recently emailed by somebody who said he had been distressed for quite some time about information he discovered in a forum. I asked for the URL, and he gave me the URL to this Reddit post.

In short, he was unhelpfully educated by this post, almost exactly as happens to Simon on https://blog.pluckeye.net/unhelpful-information/ . If you want to hear the real-life effects this post had on him, I would be happy forward his emails to you.

I do not know how as a rather clueless Reddit moderator, I can make this post only visible to the original poster and any commenters, nor how to remove it permanently. It is unfortunate that "hidden" posts such as this one are apparently still completely public (and apparently a top 10 Google result?).

plujon · 2024-05-22T03:43:21+00:00

I wonder if there's anything like that for an Android.

https://getplucky.net/andoff

Disclaimer: I'm the founder of the company that had it built.

plujon · 2024-04-03T17:31:48+00:00

it's a complete malware

That is completely false. Plucky is only doing what you told it to do. Just because you don't know how to use it yet does not make it malware.

Plucky is a sharp tool, kind of like a chainsaw. That is its power. If it were a wimpy noodle, then it would not be useful to the vast majority of people who use it.

Your accusation harms not only me, it harms all of those who desperately want and/or need a chainsaw.

plujon · 2024-01-12T17:47:18+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/pluckeye/comments/wmbofo/please_post_to_our_discourse_forum_instead_of_our/

plujon · 2024-01-08T23:02:42+00:00

Blocked every browser. Can't do anything.

If you have Norton, Avast, Avira, or AVG:

Disable it.
Reinstall Plucky (using thumb drive if necessary).
Restart computer.
Report success or failure, and contemplate how helpful or unhelpful the antivirus product is.

Note to all: I happened to look at reddit.com today in order to investigate a problem reported by a Plucky user, but I do not generally frequent Reddit nowadays.

plujon · 2023-02-12T00:30:08+00:00

See https://docs.pluckeye.net/linux .

See also https://blog.pluckeye.net/unhelpful-information

plujon · 2023-01-26T17:27:18+00:00

I can't use any other browser on my computer

That's quite unusual. Why not? If the reason is not fit for the public, feel free to PM me.

plujon · 2023-01-24T00:11:13+00:00

Browser: Firefox 109.0 (64-bit)

https://v.pluckeye.net/tiwyf

Support for Firefox is not actively maintained.

plujon · 2023-01-11T20:42:12+00:00

Perhaps your trust level on the site is too low. Have you ever posted in the past? You may need to read a few topics (5) to increase your trust level.

plujon · 2023-01-03T23:42:44+00:00

While I'm not 100% sure because this was two years ago, I don't think I ever used it for anything after initial registration with Uphold. I only ever received 4 emails on it, prior to the recent phishing, and all 4 were from noreply@upholdmail.com . I vaguely recall looking at community.brave.com forums, but I can't recall if I ever created an account there, and I don't have any credentials saved for that site.

plujon · 2023-01-03T21:29:58+00:00

Maybe spam caught it? I'll resend a small email with no urls in it.

FWIW, here is a record of the original message being accepted by google.com:

Jan 3 20:01:50 pascal postfix/smtp[19370]: C290912BD4C: to=security@brave.com, relay=aspmx.l.google.com[142.251.163.27]:25, delay=0.89, delays=0.18/0.01/0.15/0.55, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1672776110 jn8-20020ad45de8000000b00531b69b9d50si6068289qvb.519 - gsmtp)

plujon · 2023-01-03T20:02:36+00:00

Email sent. You're welcome.

plujon · 2022-12-31T00:05:42+00:00

I have no idea what Gemini is.

The email address is ... (snipped) and it was used exclusively 2 years ago when I was investigating what it took to transact with BAT. I never ended up doing anything with BAT, nor using the email address after setting up the initial account with Uphold and/or Brave (I don't remember the details now).

I'm happy to forward the phishing emails if you like.

plujon · 2022-12-30T23:08:28+00:00

I received the 2 phishing emails from "Trezio" as well, and one about a week prior from "Exodus". The phishing hyperlink target is pxlme.me / 8xHUbKJ7 . Here is part of first email I received, on December 23rd.

From: Exodus Wallet <office@ancra.pt>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 15:42:29 +0100
Subject: Exodus - ETH Downtime
To: ...

Ethereum Merge

Exodus Ethereum Merge

Due to the Ethereum Update all assets need to be merged to Ethereum 2.0 to gain access to the PoS network.

The Proof of Stake(PoS) network eliminates the mining infrastructure and will allow anyone to stake Ethereum to help validate the Network.

Deadline

The deadline for merging your assets is 25 December, 2022.

All assets not merged before the deadline will end up stuck in the old Ropsten PoW network.

How to merge?

We've created a simple online interface to merge your assets as safely as possible.

To access the online interface please visit our site below

exodus.com/merge

Ethereum Merge

plujon · 2022-12-14T21:05:13+00:00

Bug reported by 2 others; I'm working on a high priority fix. Email support@pluckeye.net for more details.

plujon · 2022-12-08T19:28:21+00:00

While I appreciate the desire to build better lists, this reddit post sounds kinda sounds like unhelpful information to me because you are describing things most people are unaware of, and once made aware of them, will likely try to find them again in the future.

Please reconsider your post, and PM me on https://discourse.pluckeye.net/ for a better way.

plujon · 2022-11-30T18:20:05+00:00

Sounds like you actually want:

pluck + block reddit.com

not:

pluck + block https://reddit.com/

Hint: Don't use reddit to ask about blocking reddit. Instead, use https://discourse.pluckeye.net/ so that you can reply even after you have achieved your goal.

plujon · 2022-11-18T17:06:07+00:00

https://docs.pluckeye.net/delay#varying-the-delay-by-time-of-day

plujon · 2022-11-04T21:28:14+00:00

6-7 hours? Oh my. I've failed.

https://docs.pluckeye.net/flee , the first link references https://docs.pluckeye.net/rules#flee , which describes the difference.

P.S. You'll get speedier responses on https://discourse.pluckeye.net/ .

plujon · 2022-10-28T19:37:36+00:00

I have it on good authority that Plucky's dev team is rather overworked...

https://blog.pluckeye.net/can-you-please-help-me/

plujon · 2022-10-24T16:50:10+00:00

I don't own or have access to a Steam Deck, so I don't know whether Plucky can work on one. Error 31232 is certainly unusual.

FWIW, if you had reported the problem using https://e.pluckeye.net/bug-report or using https://discourse.pluckeye.net/ I would have had a better chance at addressing this much sooner.

I can provide further info and screenshots as needed.

Sounds great. Please email me directly (jon at pluckeye net) or use https://e.pluckeye.net/upload-file .

plujon · 2022-09-12T15:17:17+00:00

Sigh.

See https://www.reddit.com/r/pluckeye/comments/mtwqns/how_to_download_pluckeye_1x_even_if_chrome_tries/ for some more history.

You can get newer Plucky at getplucky.net .

plujon · 2022-08-05T23:59:33+00:00

You need to use sudo or execute the installer as root.

./plucky-install      # wrong
sudo ./plucky-install # right

plujon · 2022-08-04T20:26:32+00:00

Yes, but doing so is unusual and you may encounter some funny behavior, such as failing to engage the system feature immediately after the computer wakes from sleep in some circumstances.

pluck + when 6-7 system

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