Posts by Dave@Home

The network password was a key plot point in one of the most famous movies of all time

Re: Who hasn't?

Not paranoid at all, I've seen a POC in the last day where Edge is loading passwords in clear text, into memory and can be accessed via PS scripts.

https://x.com/i/status/2051308329880719730

Young evil genius forces hamster to run on wheel to power his gadgets

Poor hamster

That wheel is far too small for a syrian hamster, look at the arched back.

Likewise the cage is way too small - at a minimum it should be 100x50 cm https://www.smallpetexpert.com/hamster/syrian-hamster-cage-size/

To fix this Wi-Fi network, we'll need a crane

Re: Pile drivers, cameras, and microscopes don't mix

I spent my first 11 years a couple of streets away from a drop forge in Ayr.

Used to be quite soothing, the rhythm of the hammer

Task Manager's CPU meter is an obituary for the recent past, says the engineer who built it

Re: Plummer for the wins

https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/attorney-general-s-office-sues-settles-washington-based-softwareonlinecom

The press release from the time is interesting reading

Tech support chap's boss got him out of jail so he could finish a job

Re: Woe is not me

Had a similar trip into Canada from Detroit.

We had some time to kill before meeting up at the wife's Aunts house, so I suggested we nip over the bridge for a look. Fine going over, coming back was a bit more tricky.

TBH I probably didn't help myself by saying I was missing stamps with the right head on them.

'Uncle Larry’s biggest fan' cut by email in early morning Oracle layoff spree

Re: The US employment hellscape

Just think of all that shareholder value you left on the table, I don't know how you can sleep at night!

Enforcing piracy policy earned helpdesk worker death threats

Reminds me of poor management

Worked at a Big 4 place, Incident manager.

We had a lad on secondment into our team from a level one desk.

Didn't work out for various reasons and so at the end of the secondment he was told he wouldn't be joining permanently.

He was on Facebook that night talking in the open about how he wanted to come into the office with a knife.

Management did nothing, even when shown the posts.

Capita pension portal 'fiasco' forces Cabinet Office into damage control

Re: More of the same corporate incompetence

I seem to recall in December they said the website issues were due to too many people trying to log on to get a statement.

Dell wants £10m+ from VMware if Tesco case goes against it

In the US that's the case, pickups and large SUVs are classified as small commercial vehicles, so the regulations are less restrictive.

Linux admin hated downtime so much he schlepped a live UPS during office move

Re: Seen it before.

gets dust out of the air

EY exposes 4TB+ SQL database to open internet for who knows how long

Re: Ernst & Young

They changed the name over a decade ago

UK data regulator defends decision not to investigate MoD Afghan data breach

"Edwards told MPs the ICO decided not to investigate because it might hinder the MoD's response.

away and shite

California cops confused after trying to give ticket to self-driving car

Re: What took California so long?

Everything ok at home there mate?

Trump demands Microsoft fire its head of global affairs

Dog food

She ate it, literally ate it, for money on her livestream

UK schools give system supplier Bromcom an F for Azure uptime

Yeah that statement of theirs stinks of a poorly designed and cobbled together system with no scaling or even load balancing.

US cuffs 475 at Hyundai–LG battery plant – feds tout largest single-site raid

Re: Hmmmm, what day is Kristallnacht this year?

Inflation really is getting bad...

UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost

Re: Crapilot

bless

Crypto thief earns additional prison time for assaulting witness

Re: Puzzled

Prison guards typically wouldn't carry firearms in areas where they can be overpowered by prisoners.

Selling your digital soul to use Bluesky's DMs isn't just a bad idea, it's the law*

Already there

If You Want a Picture of the Future, Imagine a Only Being Able To Watch "Homes Under The Hammer" – for Ever

Ah, I see my sister in law has also visited your house

Pentagon snaps up ownership stake in America's only rare earths mine

Re: Defence

Everything OK at home there mate?

Yes, I wrote a very expensive bug. In my defense I was only seven years old at the time

Ah the consequences of using someone else's line

Way back at the turn of the century, I was subcontracted by the body farm I worked for, into a Really Big Setup in Edinburgh.

Boring days, doing app packaging - take a clean image, install the app, run a delta compare to see what changed on the system, take those outputs as the app package - all very basic stuff and rather boring.

One of the lads I worked with was a bit of a nerds nerd, and had a MUD setup on a server at home. Asked if anyone fancied playing on it in the evenings.

Eventually boredom at work had us wondering if we could connect from the site, turned out there was a spare ISDN hanging out the back of a system that wasn't used outside of remote support functions so we 'borrowed' it and used that to connect to the MUD.

Went well till the end of the quarter and someone noticed the bill had went mental. No proper logging, so we played dumb, but we did stop using it.

simpler times.

Deutsche Bahn train hits 405 km/h without falling to bits

Re: Our fast trains are not very fast

They also spent a lot of time redesigning the tunnel entrances and exits to mitigate shockwave booms.

Watched a youtube video with the young un this morning on Shinkansen as he was getting dressed for nursery. https://youtu.be/9qALUY6WeN8

British IT worker sentenced to seven months after trashing company network

Re: One Scenario

This is the most American post i've seen here in a while

Visiting students can't hide social media accounts from Uncle Sam anymore

Re: Making it worse

"All TSA and CBP staff encountered were pleasant and professional."

Now I know you're making it up

Re: This is going to backfire

I remember them losing their shit when Brazil implemented equal levels of security theatre at their borders.

Teens used encrypted chats to recruit for 'violence as a service' murder ring, Europol says

I love threads like this

It keeps the frothing loons in a single place, mostly

German court parks four Volkswagen execs in jail over Dieselgate scandal

Re: Legacy

VW isn't part of Stellantis

GAO finds billions in possible government savings, all without Elon's help

The can just wait it out, the Comptroller has a 15 year term and he's over 14 years in post.

US tech titans rejoice in $600B Saudi shopping spree

How are they powering and cooling these massive datacenters?

I can't imagine solar will be enough, though maybe with battery farms perhaps. Cooling seems like a real problem though.

Marks & Spencer admits cybercrooks made off with customer info

Re: as a regular customer ...

There are a lot of staff posting on reddit with stories, including inability to see rotas and booked holidays as well

Stores seem to be getting pallets of big sellers and a lot of smaller throughput items are missed off

4chan, the 'internet’s litter box,' appears to have been pillaged by rival forum

Re: sh*t

They did have some nice, non toxic boards :(

EU gives staff 'burner phones, laptops' for US visits

Re: Good practice

The wording on the ESTA application still indicates that you do not have to supply that information

Americans set to pay more on all imports: Trump activates blanket tariffs

Re: Please explain

"US cars are getting heavier to survive the crash tests"

I understood that the prevalence of the larger pickups etc, was that by being heavier, they were classified in a different bracket for emissions

The unlicensed OneDrive free ride ends this month

Surely this is a Customer side problem?

"That could make it tough to hand over the role to someone else, and in the worst case could create trouble from courts and regulators."

If your business has data that might fall under these use cases, surely you should be looking to sort out a proper data management policy, not just dumping it on someone elses computer and hoping they don't delete it?

Infosys founder calls for 70-hour work week – again – claiming it creates jobs

Re: His maths is not very good is it...

That's essentially the argument used by the labour movement immediately after WW1.

Reduce the standard working week from 47 hours to 40, so that jobs become available for demobilised troops returning home.

Badass Russian techie outsmarts FSB, flees Putinland all while being tracked with spyware

Re: "Always keep a second passport"

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/additional-passports/additional-passports-accessible

UK citizens can hold two passports

US citizens can hold up to four

Asda hits the brakes on tech tweaks to avoid festive fiasco

Re: ""We are now moving into a critical period, with Black Friday…"

It may surprise you to know that UK banks also tend to have change freezes around Black Friday/Cyber Monday

Not because they are eating turkey, but because they are very busy periods for customers and they really don't want anything to break.

Bluesky keeps growing, and so do its problems

Re: Enjoy BlueSky while we can.

That's the point, it's up to me to choose who I listen to, not you

Neuralink brain chips head for the Great White North

A cautionary tale

Second Sight tried using in brain implants to restore vision - tech itself was quite impressive, but when the company had financial trouble people were left high and dry with implants they dare not remove.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/16/22937198/bionic-eye-company-defunct-ieee-spectrum-go-read-this

Airbus A380 flew for 300 hours with metre-long tool left inside engine

Re: Multi-Fail

From experience with my son getting a cataract op, they draw big arrows on with a marker - which is very funny when you look back at the photos

Asda security chief replaced, retailer sheds jobs during Walmart tech divorce

Talk about micromanaging

"The Register understands that restrictions have been placed on IT contractors' security and parking arrangements. They must be met by an Asda manager as they arrive, must be accompanied by an Asda colleague at all times, and ANPR access for parking has been revoked. Arrangements for contractors and third parties will require SVP, CFO, or CPO approval."

I'm sure that's a great use of everyones time and effort

Server-maker Wiwynn expands $61M lawsuit against X

"Wiwynn sought a jury trial to address the matter and listed three counts: Breach of Contract, Promissory Estoppel, and Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing."

yes they are

After we fix that, how about we also accidentally break something important?

Re: No good deed …

"we were far from civilization"

Yeah that fits

IBM quietly axing thousands of jobs, source says

Re: "they were required to sign an NDA"

Yep, exact same behaviour at EY when I got made redundant.

Sign or you get the statutory minimum, do not ask questions around why certain roles were created for specific people, do not query why the teams taking over were not told you'd no longer be there as a point of escalation.

China claims Starlink signals can reveal stealth aircraft – and what that really means

Re: Cell phone tower signals

Pretty sure it was a variant of that approach used by the Serbs to drop a F-117 back in the late 90s

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be gone in ten years – for chump change

Re: Recurrence

They tried to bring in a recycling scheme like that up here in Scotland. It got blocked as it would introduce a trade barrier, of sorts, between Scotland and England.

Police allege 'evil twin' of in-flight Wi-Fi used to steal passenger's credentials

Eh?

AFP Western Command Cybercrime detective inspector Andrea Coleman pointed out that free Wi-Fi services should not require logging in through an email or social media account

Pretty much every free WIFI offering asks for these details

As expected, Apple set to vanish Batterygate, dodgy audio lawsuits with money

So if I've bought a single share in Apple, I am liable?

NHS boss says Scottish health board wouldn't give cyberattackers what they wanted

My 84 year old father lives in that area, and I cannot wait to try explaining this one to him and why he shouldn't worry