Eric is one of the brightest engineers I've ever had the privilege to work with. Some of you may remember him from the Connectix days. If anyone can make this work, he can and this would be a very positive development for the platform.
Granted that this article applies to the UK, but for our US readers (such as myself) where does this expectation of privacy in the workplace come from?
You have chosen to work for a private employer. You are using the employer's property and/or equipment. You are working on the employer's time during designated work hours that you have mutually agreed to.
Beyond the personal property on company property issue that has been dealt with by many courts (the 4th amendment simply does not directly apply to private employers - IANAL; notice I said "directly"), why exactly do you feel that you have any right to conceal your actions from your employer (during the course of business)? For that matter, why is this even an issue for you?
As an honest and ethical person, I do not worry about what my employer may see me doing during working hours. Yes, I do read/. at work but that's within the limitations and boundaries that my employer and myself have mutually agreed to. It's really not a big deal.
Do I have a reasonable expectation of privacy from our governments (local, state and federal) while in the privacy of my own home? Yes! Do I/would I fight to maintain this status? Absolutely! Does this apply to private employers within the bounaries of your contract and/or company policies? Not necessarily - read your contact and/or employee handbook.
If you're going to correct other people's grammer then please get it right. Although I'm sure you will find that it's not worth the effort.
'Then' is used to indicative whereas 'than' is comparative. Therefore, in your first three examples it would be more appropriate to use 'than' than 'then'. However, in your fourth example it would be more appropriate to use 'then' than 'than'.
Cheers,
Ben
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Than \Than\ ([th][a^]n), conj.
A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that you should want.
Then \Then\, conj.
In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.
I think a very important point to make here is that by default, the user you set up when installing Mac OS X is an administrative user and not only that is automatically logged in when the computer boots. So obviously ~99% of the Mac OS X boxes out there are vulnerable to this bug.
Did you know that you can change the root password on any Mac OS X box that an administrative user is logged into without having to know the current root password? (Hint: Any and all administrative users can use the NetInfo Manager application to modify the fields of the/etc/passwd file directly without having to authenticate...)
Cheers,
Ben
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Eric is one of the brightest engineers I've ever had the privilege to work with. Some of you may remember him from the Connectix days. If anyone can make this work, he can and this would be a very positive development for the platform.
Granted that this article applies to the UK, but for our US readers (such as myself) where does this expectation of privacy in the workplace come from?
/. at work but that's within the limitations and boundaries that my employer and myself have mutually agreed to. It's really not a big deal.
You have chosen to work for a private employer. You are using the employer's property and/or equipment. You are working on the employer's time during designated work hours that you have mutually agreed to.
Beyond the personal property on company property issue that has been dealt with by many courts (the 4th amendment simply does not directly apply to private employers - IANAL; notice I said "directly"), why exactly do you feel that you have any right to conceal your actions from your employer (during the course of business)? For that matter, why is this even an issue for you?
As an honest and ethical person, I do not worry about what my employer may see me doing during working hours. Yes, I do read
Do I have a reasonable expectation of privacy from our governments (local, state and federal) while in the privacy of my own home? Yes! Do I/would I fight to maintain this status? Absolutely! Does this apply to private employers within the bounaries of your contract and/or company policies? Not necessarily - read your contact and/or employee handbook.
If you're going to correct other people's grammer then please get it right. Although I'm sure you will find that it's not worth the effort.
'Then' is used to indicative whereas 'than' is comparative. Therefore, in your first three examples it would be more appropriate to use 'than' than 'then'. However, in your fourth example it would be more appropriate to use 'then' than 'than'.
Cheers,
Ben
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Than \Than\ ([th][a^]n), conj.
A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that you should want.
Then \Then\, conj.
In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.
Syn: Therefore.
In reply to both sakusha and Millenium...
I actually forgot to include the most critical step. Here is a complete set of steps that you can verify on your installations.
1. Walk up to a Mac OS X box that has a default install and is therefore already logged in as an administrative user.
2. Open System Preferences...
3. Open the Users control panel.
4. Add a new user and select "Allow user to administer this computer" under the Password tab. Wow...you don't have to authenticate to do this!
5. Log out and log back in as the user you just created.
6. Open NetInfo Manager.
7. Click on the lock button at the bottom of the window and authenticate using the login/password you just created.
8. Choose Enable Root User from the Security submenu in the Domain menu.
8. Navigate to "/" -> "users" -> "" and copy the contents of the "passwd" property.
9. Navigate to "/" -> "users" -> "root" and paste into the "passwd" property.
10. Quit and save your changes.
Amazing...you now have complete ROOT ACCESS to the machine!
P.S. Please try to keep your responses constructive guys...
I think a very important point to make here is that by default, the user you set up when installing Mac OS X is an administrative user and not only that is automatically logged in when the computer boots. So obviously ~99% of the Mac OS X boxes out there are vulnerable to this bug. Did you know that you can change the root password on any Mac OS X box that an administrative user is logged into without having to know the current root password? (Hint: Any and all administrative users can use the NetInfo Manager application to modify the fields of the /etc/passwd file directly without having to authenticate...)
Cheers,
Ben