Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack Microsoft has warned users of SharePoint Server that three on-prem versions of the product include a zero-day flaw that is under attack – and that its own failure to completely fix past problems is the cause. In a July 19 security note, the software giant admitted it is “… aware of active attacks targeting on-premises …
Had a neighbor install a Ring camera - directly across the street and the house is up on a hill so it is basically aimed directly at his older daughter's bedroom upstairs! He set up a laser (I assume IR so it isn't something visible, I didn't ask) aimed precisely at its camera pinhole. Saw the neighbor messing with it so he turned off the laser then turned it back on the next day. Didn't see the neighbor out there anymore, he figures the guy probably assumes its camera is broken but still works as a doorbell.
I don't think what he did should even be illegal. If it is your right to point a camera directly at my house, it should be my right to point a laser at yours. If Ring cameras had shallow depth of field so they'd only focus on, you know, people at your door I don't think people would have an objection to it. But it is a pretty deep and wide field and unnecessarily high resolution for a "doorbell" camera, so it is providing far better surveillance of the house/houses across the street than your own house. I get that you should have the right to surveil your own property but you shouldn't have the right to surveil mine - and/or I should have the right to prevent that surveillance without going so far as to have a 15' fence in front of my house (not that most cities would allow that anyway)
probably peeping tom laws would cover something like that. on the other hand, there might not be much of a difference between a ring camera and sitting on your front porch watching the neighbors go by or sitting in you living room and seeing the neighbor get their internet upgraded or amazon making a delivery.
Why do people use it? A genuine question.
I'm retired but work as a volunteer, assessing about a dozen organizations a year. Part of the assessment is checking documentation, some of which goes back over several years. Whenever I see SharePoint, staff often have trouble finding a random document that I ask for. The people who seem to be able to find stuff quickly apparently remember where it's stored - Others not so good. Add to that systems being served from a remote location (not in the same building, city, or State) it can take minutes to retrieve stuff. Is it just badly configured, staff not adequately trained, or the normal Microsoft cruft?
"Is it just badly configured, staff not adequately trained, or the normal Microsoft cruft?"
Once upon a time, Microsoft found a piece of string and discovered that if they added some sticky tape to it, they could sell it for a profit.
Since then, tonnes of sticky tape and even more string have been added to the "product," to the point where not even their most experienced programmers (which these days means they've worked at Microsoft for all of three months) can figure out what the "product" does.
So of course, they just keep piling more on, to preserve the perceived value they've brainwashed their customers into believing.
Why use SharePoint?
It's usually used when you want to do something more than upload and serve documents. E.g. You might want some kind of workflow as a user uploads a document. (e.g. seek approval, update a database, etc) Usually used inside a corporate. SharePoint also has full version control and Word/Excel/PowerPoint integrate into it that really well.
Why's it hard to find stuff? That's down to how the pesky humans have arranged the documents in the site.
"Why's it hard to find stuff? That's down to how the pesky humans have arranged the documents in the site. "
That. Do not use folders as much as you think you should. Make heavy use of categories. Define views and libraries.
Once I started doing this, life improved. A lot.
Companies don't want to train their users....
I think you provide good reasons why this will never really work: taxonomies are notoriously difficult to agree upon in the first place and ever harder to keep to…
From my experience, SharePoint is the crowning and steaming turd on the top of Microsoft's shitty software stack: it's awful for administrators and users alike.
I think of Google's most fundament insights was to avoid categories when developing its search engine.
Microsoft SharePoint under 'active exploitation,' Homeland Security's CISA says
It seems the bad guys can find stuff in Sharepoint.
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