I gave lectures and all that stuff, just as IT has always done.
They were cheap and entitled.
After a particularly bad phishing attack, management pulled me in and asked me why our system wasn't hardened against such stuff.
I told them a manager overrode the system by providing permission (email promised to deliver nude photos of Anna Kournikova) for the malware to hit (it spammed and caused us to be blacklisted everywhere).
Appreciate that I really enjoyed my work and the people there.
I don't know why this is modded down, because it's correct.
Like many here, I worked in IT. I'm retired.
During my career, I made best practice recommendations that were obvious to the most casual observer.
However, the business side did (faulty) risk assessment and declined to budget for security and clever backup systems.
While I seldom had to rely on backup, we were hacked several times because, for example, the fucking owner fell for, "Your UPS package isn't going anywhere until you click on this link," and he's the asshole who signed our exclusive agreement with FedEx!
5 weeks after I retired, the entire firm was hit with ransomware. It got the desktops and servers. The poor bastards who took my place were not scared shitless about backups as I was, so it was a very costly event.
And can you believe this? They now have ransomware insurance.
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I have long felt that the EU should have kicked out the greedy sumbitches, opting to fabricate homegrown solutions.
A clever strategy would to wrap it, as the US is doing, in the "national security," blanket.
... per incident.
That's the damages? Seriously?
... and there is only one logical conclusion.
What are we doing in this hand basket and where are we going?
Absolutely correct.
Kinda like celebs spouting wisdom far outside their wheelhouse.
... are responsible for bad ideas like shitting in your mess kit.
Shareholders, CEOs, and investors are, more often, manic about asymptotic profits over nanosecond time frames.
Economies built around such shortsightedness are like train wrecks: It doesn't end well.
Why is this so hard?
I'm a photographer. I have a shit load of copyright.
My question is simple:
As a content provider or consumer, why in simple hell do I care if my or other's works are copyrighted in perpetuity?
Let's keep our eye on the ball:
It's the small round thing.
It was a result of the Make Tanzania Great Again (MTGA) initiative where, "Again" means, "Go Back."
Back is where racism is. It's where anti-immigration is. It's where LGBTQ hate is.
It's where single religions and lack of safety and environmental regulations is.
Keep in mind that Trump didn't win the goddam Triple Crown, either.
But not one of them have provided any motherfucking reference that backs that up.
Your use of "triggered," and "snowflakes," de-legitimizes your remark and places it in the "flamebait," category.
If you have a point beyond stirring the pot, you can make it without all the fucking gasoline.
The People of the United States, by way of vote, decide what's good or bad.
Doesn't mean they are right by someone else's measure.
American voters have chosen a path and only American voters can turn the steering wheel.
Voters are not bound by any constraints such as making sense or stuff.
The vote went down and America has spoken.
That's the way the system works and all voters are aware of their consequences.
Now, I think we could find some common ground regarding the sumbitches who didn't show up at the polls ...
I wish I had. :)
Presidents are not selected based on popular vote, so anything you say after that is irrelevant.
If you have a beef with the system, ramp up support and affect change -- via the vote.
Your first sentence is your undoing.
America does not use the popular vote and all voters know that.
America wants it that way, or they would change it -- by vote.
You do not know the evolution of the #2A. It wasn't supposed to turn out this way.
The well-regulated militias are the military and the population could keep and bear arms to help defend against foreign governments.
Veiled threats to take on our soldiers and sailors is nonsense and bravado.
Weapon inequity will stifle your treason.
For reference, see the Civil War.
If you ever find yourself in that situation, then by analogy, you can whip up a majority to vote for deceleration.
Tht's not true by this logic.
The American voting system does not use the popular vote.
They use the electoral college and they have been since its inception.
It's not news.
Every voter knows the rules and they abide by them.
If Americans wanted to use the popular vote, they'd vote to change the voting system.
Well said.
Thanks.
... because the Americans are anti-science, anyway.
The People voted and it's their right to reject science.
They have the right to want coal and oil jobs, and to prevent nuclear power plant shutdowns.
They have the right to elect politicians who will deregulate industry so sales will go up.
Americans want to be an isolationist, nationalistic, under-educated, Evangelical Christian, English-speaking country and that's their right.
If and when Americans decide to change direction, they will communicate such via the election booth.
Until then, all's right with the world.
I don't know how it works and I didn't ask.
I found out about the ransomware from a friend at the company that replaced me and I was curious about what steps were being taken.
"Ransomware insurance," was the answer I got from the technician, who found it to be ludicrous.
He had recommended what I had always done:
Local backup to EHD, rotating them out every morning and shipping them off site.
Instead, the backup drives stayed connected and got hit with the ransomware, as well.
It was an expensive scandal.
Oh, they understood.
I gave lectures and all that stuff, just as IT has always done.
They were cheap and entitled.
After a particularly bad phishing attack, management pulled me in and asked me why our system wasn't hardened against such stuff.
I told them a manager overrode the system by providing permission (email promised to deliver nude photos of Anna Kournikova) for the malware to hit (it spammed and caused us to be blacklisted everywhere).
Appreciate that I really enjoyed my work and the people there.
"Staff," never once caused any problems.
Management would click on any goddam thing.
... in which way their assessment was faulty? Just a rough description?
Sure. They didn't accept many of my recommendations, and I was the expert.
... because it puts the target squarely on Zucky's back.
The shareholders are trying to do the right thing (for themselves).
Outside agitators are working it.
Internal staff and employees are making statements and taking action.
Zuckerberg controls the company through special stock that gives him more votes than other shareholders.
"Facebook said that just because the proposals were blocked, that didn't mean the company doesn't care about these issues."
I don't know why this is modded down, because it's correct.
Like many here, I worked in IT. I'm retired.
During my career, I made best practice recommendations that were obvious to the most casual observer.
However, the business side did (faulty) risk assessment and declined to budget for security and clever backup systems.
While I seldom had to rely on backup, we were hacked several times because, for example, the fucking owner fell for, "Your UPS package isn't going anywhere until you click on this link," and he's the asshole who signed our exclusive agreement with FedEx!
5 weeks after I retired, the entire firm was hit with ransomware. It got the desktops and servers. The poor bastards who took my place were not scared shitless about backups as I was, so it was a very costly event.
And can you believe this? They now have ransomware insurance.
I used to sweat it but now I just get my popcorn.