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Re: Daytripper

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Post by asdfman123 »

evil-olive wrote: post #25
solotronics wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have always been curious.. is there a better way of accomplishing this?

Use full-disk encryption (presumably this is table stakes for anyone with this level of paranoia) using two factors - your passphrase decrypts a keyfile, then the keyfile is used to decrypt the partition. If you destroy the keyfile, then even knowledge of the passphrase won't allow you to decrypt the data. This can be used to defeat a rubber-hose attack [0]. Standard security vs. convenience trade-off applies, of cou…

I believe reading that Ross Ulbrict's computer was completely encrypted and only accessible with a passphrase. The minute he logged out or closed his laptop's lide, the information was completely locked down.

IIRC, they were able to get his information by an elaborate scheme acted out by plainclothes police where they grabbed his PC while his computer was unlocked. Without looking it up, I think someone bumped into him and one officer took his laptop while another one on the other side grabbed his phone.

Re: Daytripper

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

smacktoward wrote: post #28
the_watcher wrote: post #10

A version of this that's somehow aware of whether or not I'm at my desk, then puts the machine to sleep anytime anyone else touches a key would be kind of cool. Maybe some kind of proximity sensor that you could stick to a badge or in your wallet? It would need to still allow you to login and perhaps offer a password to disable in case you forgot your sensor, but seems vaguely plausible? EDIT: Read more of the usage…

USBKill ( https://github.com/hephaest0s/usbkill ) lists one approach to solving that problem in its README: - Set USBKill to watch the status of a particular USB port - Attach a lanyard to a USB key - Wear the lanyard on your wrist - Plug the USB key you're wearing into the port USBKill is watching Then anytime you step away from the machine, USBKill would notice the removal of the key and shut it down.

This would just result in my yanking my laptop off the desk every time I got up.

Re: Daytripper

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Post by dpflan »

Does anyone know of components to DIY this type of project? I like the idea and its size, mainly the laser tripwire.

Re: Daytripper

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

momokoko wrote: post #47
whorleater wrote: post #43

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I screw around at least 25% of the time as a dev

If you don't mind me asking, how do get all of your work done? Are you standing by on-call in case something goes wrong? Are you waiting on someone to deliver assets required for your next task? Do you lie about how long it takes to complete tasks? Honestly curious as I cannot remember a time where I had the free time to just screw around for any meaningful portion of my day.

So you never find yourself working on a hard problem that you can't immediately solve, decide to get up and walk around to see who else is free then start talking for a bit before returning to your desk to find that your hard problem isn't so hard and now you have the solution? Of course, my problem is I WFH, so I end up talking to the kids stuffed animals. They don't really carry on good conversations.

Re: Daytripper

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Post by crispinb »

momokoko wrote: post #47
whorleater wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I screw around at least 25% of the time as a dev

If you don't mind me asking, how do get all of your work done? Are you standing by on-call in case something goes wrong? Are you waiting on someone to deliver assets required for your next task? Do you lie about how long it takes to complete tasks? Honestly curious as I cannot remember a time where I had the free time to just screw around for any meaningful portion of my day.

I have definitely had jobs where it would have been possible to do this. Largely due to clueless management, endemic to Australian business in my experience. It's such an old boys club, any duffer in a suit with a red enough face and sufficiently sport-versed beery brain remnants can run companies, and they have no idea what's going on 'beneath' them.

Re: Daytripper

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Post by oasisbob »

solotronics wrote: post #18
jszymborski wrote: post #14

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> * Execute a custom script rm -rf /*

I have always been curious.. is there a better way of accomplishing this?

Haven't tried it, but Google has a "macdestroyer" script in their macops repo which looks interesting:

https://github.com/google/macops/tree/master/macdestroyer

Re: Daytripper

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Post by snazz »

momokoko wrote: post #47
whorleater wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I screw around at least 25% of the time as a dev

If you don't mind me asking, how do get all of your work done? Are you standing by on-call in case something goes wrong? Are you waiting on someone to deliver assets required for your next task? Do you lie about how long it takes to complete tasks? Honestly curious as I cannot remember a time where I had the free time to just screw around for any meaningful portion of my day.

A lot of jobs (even as developers) in large companies have a positive correlation between butt in seat time and the perception of getting work done, but there usually isn’t enough work to do to fill the entire time. Most people work jobs that they aren’t truly passionate about.

Re: Daytripper

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Post by momokoko »

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #54
momokoko wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you don't mind me asking, how do get all of your work done? Are you standing by on-call in case something goes wrong? Are you waiting on someone to deliver assets required for your next task? Do you lie about how long it takes to complete tasks? Honestly curious as I cannot remember a time where I had the free time to just screw around for any meaningful portion of my day.

So you never find yourself working on a hard problem that you can't immediately solve, decide to get up and walk around to see who else is free then start talking for a bit before returning to your desk to find that your hard problem isn't so hard and now you have the solution? Of course, my problem is I WFH, so I end up talking to the kids stuffed animals. They don't really carry on good conversations.

For sure. But that is working. I'm talking about all these stories of trying to prevent their boss from catching them playing games or surfing the web etc. If I did that I would fall way behind the work that needs to get done.

That's why I wonder if maybe I'm missing something about other people's work days. Because, not only is it kind of sad, it also seems like actual criminal fraud to lie to people about what you are doing while they are paying to be doing something.

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