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Second, seemingly legit, job posting that's contacted me after the fact to download Signal/Telegram. I'm in now way going to do it, not that dumb, just wondering if this is a new trend I'm not aware of?

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[–] markstos 24 points 7 months ago

That’s right. A scamming tactic is to move conversations from platforms that are monitored to platforms that are encrypted, where the scam messages won’t detected by automated scanning.

Yes, there are legit uses for encrypted chats but this move is one signal that a scam may be in progress.