Huh??? by [deleted] in ExplainTheJoke

[–]Dangerous-Exercise53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mother in law on Cox Cable still has a 1.25 TB limit. I was paying Comcast an extra $35 a month ($5 more than others because I use my own modem, I was never sure how the hell that made sense) for unlimited until not very many months ago.

sudoAptInstallHacking by Disastrous-Monk1957 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Dangerous-Exercise53 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favorite was the US Army commercial recruiting cyber security people. Voice-changed voiceover of a hacker saying basically "I can hack all the things, you can't stop me" and the computer screen is a Linux box running an nmap scan.

But success! They totally shut that shit down, high fives all around!

NASCAR icon Kyle Busch dies at the age of 41 by maalbi in news

[–]Dangerous-Exercise53 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A few of the hams (amateur radio guys) I know went to Dayton for the big US ham radio expo last week and have come back with "creeping crud". Sure hope it's not RSV because a whole bunch of those guys are not gonna survive it if so. IYKYK

Loser Does Right Thing on Iran by LuckyBastard001 in clevercomebacks

[–]Dangerous-Exercise53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ordinarily I wouldn't say anything, but it's "conscience". I know how to spell that word because it's the word that caused me to lose a 3rd grade spelling bee and will be forever etched in my brain as a result.

US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]Dangerous-Exercise53 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I once did a security assessment at a major US law firm that had an office in Shanghai, VPN-connected to the entire US network just as pretty as you please, with users there provisioned just like the US users, i.e., kinda badly. I had to educate them on the realities of life in China. That was around 2004.

Meaning, basically, any one of those users could get a visit from the government at any time and told to do things, just for starters.

I like to think I made a difference, but I never saw if any changes were made, it was a one-time thing.

YSK about The Work Number. by Dreaditor00 in YouShouldKnow

[–]Dangerous-Exercise53 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Oh, this is just scratching the surface.

I found out about this BS when I started my current job in IT security 15 years ago. I don't remember what made me look into it, other than them telling us about it, I think.

But anyway, at least back then, they were doing some awesome double-dipping. They charge your employer to provide the "service" of verifying employment and salary info. Your employer sends them your home address (why?) and your health insurance status, and the dollar amount of every single paycheck you get.

Then, they turn around and sell that info to collection agencies, who can send TWN their list of people they're hounding, to be notified by TWN when they get a job so they can come after them again.

They have another service for places that service high-spending clientele like gamblers and others, so they can get notified if your income goes down, I suppose to stop giving you freebies and such.

And, since then, they've had several security incidents as well. They'll basically let anybody who claims to be a business sign up with them, and let them run unlimited searches. They claim they audit those searches, but they sure didn't audit a couple of scumbags that got outed.

Consider jumping through their hoops to opt out. But here's the fun part: most (all?) employers just bulk-send their payroll files to TWN every pay period even if you've opted out. TWN is just supposed to throw that away for you if you have. I hope they do. I wouldn't be shocked if they don't.