Web developer, mortgage agent, sports fan (Van. Canucks, BC Lions, Denver Broncos), husband, father, dog & cat owner, Christ follwer, computer addict, musician.
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Before you say anything, no, I know not to leave my computer sitting out logged in to all my accounts. I have it set up so after a few minutes of inactivity it automatically switches to my brother's.
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thebassman
4235 days ago
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Too funny, yet so true.
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
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agcornejo
4217 days ago
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Lol
Snellville, Georgia
redknightalex
4224 days ago
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Or one could practice physical security as well as digital security. Around this time of year, every student's laptop is stolen.
Northeastern US
waxis
4231 days ago
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Let's hear it for sandboxing!
Arizona
oliverzip
4232 days ago
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Sigh. And I felt so secure.
Sydney, Balmain, Hornsby.
beslayed
4234 days ago
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//
ktgeek
4234 days ago
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Once again, xkcd gives me a great comic for security presentations...
Bartlett, IL
PaulPritchard
4235 days ago
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Heh
Belgium
bogorad
4235 days ago
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+acda: please do enlighten me how one's gonna hijack my active SSL-session that's on a laptop that auto-locks when my face is not visible through its webcam? :)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
gmuslera
4235 days ago
Someone sends you a PDF exploiting an acrobat vulnerability (to put an example of making someone's else code run as your user), that takes out your browser cookies/sessions/whatever (or just install a keylogger), and sent them to someones else email. Not being admin/root don't enable them to modify the system in ways that your plain user can't, but can do everything else.
bogorad
4235 days ago
I don't use adobe's PDF software ;)
GrimMeeper
4234 days ago
so maybe I get a picture of you?
acksed
4234 days ago
They don't. They call your bank after cracking the weak password on your email account for the details, reading your FB page for your birthdate, phone number, relatives and location/address, then authorise a bank transfer.
tedder
4235 days ago
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my brother sent this to me this morning.
Uranus
shamgar_bn
4235 days ago
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love this...
Wake Forest, North Carolina
jobiasrkd
4235 days ago
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But video card drivers are serious business!
Edmonton, Canada
deezil
4235 days ago
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Ha!
Shelbyville, Kentucky
norb
4235 days ago
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hahaha
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dianaschnuth
4235 days ago
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Ain't that the truth.
Toledo OH
sfringer
4235 days ago
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Always a great viewpoint on serious topics!
North Carolina USA
adamgurri
4235 days ago
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welp
New York, NY
acdha
4235 days ago
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Lovely example of why so much security advice is rearranging the proverbial deck chairs. The model for the future is privilege separation within an account – a la Apple's sand boxing – but even that is woefully inadequate until, say, compromising your browser on your favorite l0lcat site doesn't let an attacker reuse your banking credentials.
Washington, DC
petrilli
4235 days ago
The problem is that at some point, everything depends on a single lynchpin of security. For example, I use approximately 5,000 different passwords, but they're all stored in a single repository that's protected with a very long pass phrase. But, compromise the phrase, or the encryption protocol itself, and BOOM, all for not. Unfortunately, diffuse security risks are difficult to achieve in practice if your goal is ease-of-use. There's a freaking Nobel prize in there somewhere.
skarlso
4230 days ago
@petrilli the problem is that you are storing them in one place :-) either distribute to multiple location or store them in you head. I have a powerful mnemonic to store my 100+ passwords in my head. Hopefuly that can't be cracked. Yet.
manuelp
4235 days ago
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Clever as usual :D
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Dowser
4235 days ago
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Huvudet på spiken, igen.
Trosa, Sweden
stavrosg
4235 days ago
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...
Rodos, Greece
bobdvb
4235 days ago
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One I think Linus would sympathise with I think!
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popular
4235 days ago
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One I think Linus would sympathise with I think!
growler
4235 days ago
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eggzactly
bogorad
4235 days ago
truecrypt + auto-lock should be mandatory
acdha
4235 days ago
bogorad: I'm trying to tell whether you missed the point or are joking. TrueCrypt, FileVault, etc. are good ideas for physical security but they don't help when an active session is compromised, which is by far the dominant threat these days.

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The way out is to use the marker you have to add a box that says 'get a marker' to the line between you and 'start', then add a 'no' line from the trap box to 'end'.
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cloudtamer
4245 days ago
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LOL
Reno, NV
Putty
4246 days ago
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Yep...
oliverzip
4246 days ago
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It's a trap!
Sydney, Balmain, Hornsby.
Door
4247 days ago
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My kingdom for an Admiral Ackbar gif.
Vienna, VA, USA
teh_g
4247 days ago
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ITS A TARP
Roseville, CA
adamgurri
4247 days ago
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it's a trap!
New York, NY
gcapell
4247 days ago
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My first shared post.
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tachfine
4247 days ago
interesting
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