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After three years of relentless tracking, we’ve published a [paper](blogs.infoblox.com/threat-inte) that, for the first time, exposes the true identities behind VexTrio. This research connects real names to the various companies that form the VexTrio ecosystem. It begins with the origin story—how a group of Italians launched a successful spam and dating business. Over time, VexTrio expanded its operations into malicious adtech and online scams. For over a decade, the group employed deceptive tactics to defraud countless innocent internet users. These illegitimate gains funded the extravagant lifestyles of VexTrio’s key figures—who, despite increasing scrutiny, have yet to be fully stopped.

We’re deeply grateful to all the contributors who helped us reach this research milestone, especially @rmceoin and Tord from [Qurium](qurium.org/).

Infoblox Blog · VexTrio Unveiled: Inside the Notorious Scam EnterpriseWe expose adtech operators who partner with malware threat actors to commit digital fraud on a global scale through their affiliate advertising networks.

Engadget: Bluesky is finally adding more ways to filter notifications. “Bluesky has updated its notification settings so that users have more control over when and why the social media app sends them a ping. Besides more granular controls over which things will trigger a notification, you can now receive alerts for any activity from a chosen account.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/11/engadget-bluesky-is-finally-adding-more-ways-to-filter-notifications/

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@empathicqubit Good question. I'd recommend you to check this with @monocles developers.

Personally, I run all my #XMPP+#OMEMO through @torproject /#Tor anyway, so my battery runtime is pretty garbage...

#Monocles does - AFAICT - allow to configure #notifications but since it's basically always connected that makes not much of a difference for battery runtim. Tho you can set it to if, when and how it notifies you.

MastodonDEEmpathicQubit (@empathicqubit@mastodon.de)For those that run an #XMPP server, does it seem safe enough to enable XEP-0357 if one is concerned about third party data leaks to push notification services? Is #OMEMO enough to nullify concerns? I'm using #Monocles and #Prosody and I'm trying to optimize battery usage on #Android / #LineageOS

#listen. if you #like/ #reblog my #posts fairly frequently, you better believe that i have noticed ok. even if we don’t ever #talk. if we aren’t even #mutuals! doesn’t matter. i see you. i see your #URL pop up in my #notifications every so often. and when it does? oh, when it does……… i’m like “oh hey there’s my buddy! gee i sure missed you pal!” and i get real happy for a minute ok. sorry, i don’t make the rules.

Well, I now know at least one thing that pushes the Fediverse's inhabitants' "talk" button. >250 boosts in something like 12 hours...

Sheesh. "Notifications" probably shouldn't be measured in integer hertz.