Sys-Admin Dispenses Passwords With a Banana (thenewstack.io)

An anonymous reader writes: A network administrator in Denmark is requiring users to perform a finger press on a banana to receive their Wi-Fi passwords. "The banana is mounted and in production," he posted Thursday, sharing two pictures. The banana uses a special new circuit board from Makey Makey to form a connection between the banana and a cheap Raspberry Pi computer with a screen attached, according to one technology site. They note that it could also detect finger presses on a doughnut, an apple, or even Jell-o, and offer this quote from the sys-admin about his motivations. "It's fun... It'll make people smile. It beats a static WPA password in funnyness." And most importantly, "When people leave our office, they can't access our WI-Fi because there's no banana to touch." This guy deserves some kind of award, come July 29th.

Comments

Obstructionists are funny -- till next job review.

[gavron]

This guy has a job and it's to be a sysadmin, not a BOFH. Instead of helping his coworkers he's being an ass... and he's proud of it.

Starbucks baristas provide WiFi passwords instantly, quickly, and without gross fruit issues.
So do motel front-desk check-in clerks.

If he can't do it, it's time to get a new job.

This guy should have to "stroke the banana" on his next job review to keep his job.

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