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scotts

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Public sector IT security
Before that: 10+ years support/sysadmin mostly in news media

Usually wrong, but I try to be quick to realize this—a good discussion is more important than being right.

Introvert who prefers the async nature of being online.

More to come when I can think of it.

tktk

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jerry , to random
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This driving to the office stuff is crazy rage inducing. Hats off to people that do it everyday

scotts ,
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@jerry tbh you can remove “to the office” from your statement and its still true.

GossiTheDog , to random
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Pretty big cyber story just dropped - more details about what happened at Microsoft around SolarWinds are emerging https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-golden-saml-data-breach-russian-hackers

scotts ,
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@jerry @GossiTheDog its almost like for-profit companies only care about… profit!?

jerry , to random
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I forgot one…

A user name and password counts as two factor authentication. It requires a name AND a password

scotts ,
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@jerry
something you have: a keyboard
something you are: human
something you know: you require access

jerry , to random
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One weird trick ransomware operators do NOT want you to know…

scotts ,
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@jerry migrate from ad to novell

jerry , to random
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AI coming for CEO jobs now https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/technology/ai-chief-executives.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wk0.Kt-M.RCgdiGAOVyTp&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=c

scotts ,
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@jerry going to be funny when they find out CEO is the only job it outperforms real people

jerry , to random
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Happy start of Atlantic Hurricane Season to those who celebrate

video/mp4

scotts ,
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@jerry guess its time again to leave up the tab for https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

jerry , to random
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Another day of being annoyed that my lifelong quest to understand why “c” is the speed it is and not some other speed ending up at the fine structure constant and physicists saying 🤷 at why the fine structure constant is what it is.

scotts ,
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@jerry @EVDHmn because then you’d live in a different universe

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It’s been interesting watching the exodus from the fediverse to bsky. Sort of like October 22 in reverse.

scotts ,
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@jerry I’ve enjoyed having different cultures on different apps but then again I’ve always had circles of friends that don’t overlap

GossiTheDog , to random
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Broadcom accidentally sent their VMware customers an email with every VMware customer in the To field https://borncity.com/win/2024/05/10/broadcom-leaks-email-addresses-from-vmware-administrators-aws-is-out-as-a-vmware-customer-relief-for-cloud-customers/

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scotts ,
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@bontchev @GossiTheDog apparently just hitting the emoji reaction would do it. I’d recommend 🎉

jerry , to random
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Also, the number of new signups is somewhat wild. I am wondering if something more is going on over on X that is driving people back here? Or people moving here because we don’t fully block threads.net?

scotts ,
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@jerry or this place has simply proven itself as a good source of information 🤔

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