> Here’s the tl;dr version: Do not ever, as in never ever, give out a verification code over the phone.
The deeper lesson here is the power of cognitive dissonance. If you get even slightly fooled, your egotistic brain will Stockholm Syndrome you into working for the attacker, to postpone the embarrassment of acknowledging to yourself you got a little bit fooled. The worse it gets the deeper your denial will grow to stop you from cutting off the attack.
The deeper lesson here is the power of cognitive dissonance. If you get even slightly fooled, your egotistic brain will Stockholm Syndrome you into working for the attacker, to postpone the embarrassment of acknowledging to yourself you got a little bit fooled. The worse it gets the deeper your denial will grow to stop you from cutting off the attack.