If there was a real Starbucks ad that had some friend of mines photo and a smart ass status update about the joint I would probably hit the like button, then block that poster when they spam my feed.
It seems to me that there would be many places in the "country" where appearing unannounced with any sort of camera equipment and then presenting "credentials" that had to do with insurance companys, law enforcement or marketers would be an ill advised activity.
At my old high school their testing a barcode on the student ID cards, and geting bar code scaners for the admin's PDA's. A WIFI network on campus alows the PDA to pull up the students cume file and SASSY (attendance) and at the bottom of it all in bold the parents best contact number. As you come on campus late they scan your card and assign you detention and the system e-mails your parents. There trying to get the deli at the supermarket across the street to put in a scanner there so you can only buy lunch if you are cleared to be of campus at lunch time.
Oddly my job title has nothing to do with IT. (Design Studio Management Intern) I work for a Theater Company who had a department head (resident scenic designer) go on sabbatical and I got an Internship to do what he did. However I don't know the first thing about theatrical design, but it pays. I cant draft and hate the artsy fartsy stuff and was suprised as hell when I got the position, but find that that's why I got the job as they were really just looking for a resent high school graduate who could program a VCR. I'm the youngest person in our company and have yet to do anything involving design but instead have had a non-stop stream of people who come to me to ask how to use there Mac's. The most amusing thing has been that they spent $1100 to have an HP tech come out and look at a plotter that they told me was broken and that the guy from HP was coming to fix it so not to touch it. The tech plugged it back in and the display was solid black, he used the manual to go threw the menus blind to change the contrast. That was all that was wrong with it. So all in all I spend 1% of my time doing what my job description is and 90% of my time fixing the 30 Mac's and 45 PC's they have as there is no IT department and oddly noting works real well. They got a grant back in the early 90's to wire their theater with network capability and did a wonderful job 450 ports all over the place. One problem it's all Cat 3. Oh yea, there is that last 9% of the time spent "Fixing shots" ports and cables in the dance hall and choirs girl dressing rooms.
It seems that there could become a great business for a lawyer who could figure out how to prosecute people who "hack" or "worm" for trespassing as technically they (or an odd part of them) are on/in? a computer on your property generally doing malicious things or at least changing something that is your property.
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If there was a real Starbucks ad that had some friend of mines photo and a smart ass status update about the joint I would probably hit the like button, then block that poster when they spam my feed.
It seems to me that there would be many places in the "country" where appearing unannounced with any sort of camera equipment and then presenting "credentials" that had to do with insurance companys, law enforcement or marketers would be an ill advised activity.
For those who are realy conserned with this I suguest getting a roll of UV Filter. For those who desire to have their fun and not die.
At my old high school their testing a barcode on the student ID cards, and geting bar code scaners for the admin's PDA's. A WIFI network on campus alows the PDA to pull up the students cume file and SASSY (attendance) and at the bottom of it all in bold the parents best contact number. As you come on campus late they scan your card and assign you detention and the system e-mails your parents. There trying to get the deli at the supermarket across the street to put in a scanner there so you can only buy lunch if you are cleared to be of campus at lunch time.
Oddly my job title has nothing to do with IT. (Design Studio Management Intern) I work for a Theater Company who had a department head (resident scenic designer) go on sabbatical and I got an Internship to do what he did. However I don't know the first thing about theatrical design, but it pays. I cant draft and hate the artsy fartsy stuff and was suprised as hell when I got the position, but find that that's why I got the job as they were really just looking for a resent high school graduate who could program a VCR. I'm the youngest person in our company and have yet to do anything involving design but instead have had a non-stop stream of people who come to me to ask how to use there Mac's. The most amusing thing has been that they spent $1100 to have an HP tech come out and look at a plotter that they told me was broken and that the guy from HP was coming to fix it so not to touch it. The tech plugged it back in and the display was solid black, he used the manual to go threw the menus blind to change the contrast. That was all that was wrong with it. So all in all I spend 1% of my time doing what my job description is and 90% of my time fixing the 30 Mac's and 45 PC's they have as there is no IT department and oddly noting works real well. They got a grant back in the early 90's to wire their theater with network capability and did a wonderful job 450 ports all over the place. One problem it's all Cat 3. Oh yea, there is that last 9% of the time spent "Fixing shots" ports and cables in the dance hall and choirs girl dressing rooms.
It seems that there could become a great business for a lawyer who could figure out how to prosecute people who "hack" or "worm" for trespassing as technically they (or an odd part of them) are on/in? a computer on your property generally doing malicious things or at least changing something that is your property.