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Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide

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Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide

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Post by DetroitThrow »

ed25519FUUU wrote: post #146

Storming? Let’s not get ahead ourselves here. The capitol police literally opened the door and let them inside: https://twitter.com/gatewaypundit/status/1347615270504955904... Which explains this hilarious picture of a 70-year old grandma “coup plotter” posing with coffee mug. https://twitter.com/TheRealEWILLZ/status/1346999976899932161...

Just to be clear, there are longer videos of the event that show people banging doors down. I watched a live stream from one of the people upfront - some cops gave up after overwhelmed, and some even fraternized with people, but it was a confrontation to be clear. I encourage you to look up full livestreams of it.

Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide

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Post by laurent92 »

maerF0x0 wrote: post #142
neolog wrote: post #114

What is a good strategy for most convenience while securing private data on a laptop that could be stolen? Full disk encryption is good for when the machine is powered off. What about for the scenario when it gets swiped during the work day when I'm in the bathroom?

> What about for the scenario when it gets swiped during the work day when I'm in the bathroom? Can you help me understand what attacks you think can be done with a locked screen, powered on laptop ? (given Full disk encryption is on)

In theory, you can keep the RAM powered and read the decryption key from it.

I believe a system like Apple’s Secure Enclave (everything contained in one chip) is better in that regard, although I’m not an expert.

Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide

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Post by smnth »

djsumdog wrote: post #36
Fauntleroy wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To prevent unauthorized entry, Capitol Police would have had to put up a fight. Seems they were unwilling to do so. If America continues down this path Russia (and others) are just gonna have a field day.

The Capitol Police were either incompetent or complicit. There are literally no other options. They knew there would be a big protests, numbers put it around 200k~300k (a tiny percentage of which actually went into the capitol building mind you). If they weren't prepared for this: incompetence. But there are videos of people getting selfies with guards, and staying within the velvet ropes when coming in. Something is…

200 - 300k is hilarious, 20 - 30k is much closer to a reasonable guess.

Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide

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Post by ogre_codes »

ed25519FUUU wrote: post #146

Storming? Let’s not get ahead ourselves here. The capitol police literally opened the door and let them inside: https://twitter.com/gatewaypundit/status/1347615270504955904... Which explains this hilarious picture of a 70-year old grandma “coup plotter” posing with coffee mug. https://twitter.com/TheRealEWILLZ/status/1346999976899932161...

Just evidence that some police officers should go to prison for this.

Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide

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Post by kolbe »

compscistd wrote: post #178
ed25519FUUU wrote: post #146

Storming? Let’s not get ahead ourselves here. The capitol police literally opened the door and let them inside: https://twitter.com/gatewaypundit/status/1347615270504955904... Which explains this hilarious picture of a 70-year old grandma “coup plotter” posing with coffee mug. https://twitter.com/TheRealEWILLZ/status/1346999976899932161...

Because someone on the inside opened the door and let them in, it’s not “storming”? Those Twitter comments are all suggesting this was a setup, but the more likely scenario is that most of those that should be serving as police either were sympathetic to today’s right wing rhetoric or weren’t prepared for a mess of people. What were they supposed to do at the point of this video? Pull out their guns and escalate the…

When they let you walk in quietly, yeah. You can stretch language all you want until it has no meaning, but "storming" has a definition, and it isn't "people I don't like went somewhere I didn't want them to go." u/doomslice did post an example of something that would be considered "storming."

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/storming

5. A violent disturbance or upheaval, as in political, social, or domestic affairs: a storm of protest.

6. A violent, sudden attack on a fortified place.

Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide

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Post by analog31 »

simonh wrote: post #153
whalesalad wrote: post #136

> belonged to a conference room and was used for presentations Yikes. My first though was - oh this should be no big deal chances are there are good policies in place for laptops that go home with people. Then I realized it is a shared/central machine which means it probably has the most effed up and relaxed security in the fleet, post-it notes with passwords taped to the palm rests, and god knows what else. IT depar…

If it’s a shared machine for projecting notes, chances are it has nothing stored locally.

These folks don't trust one another with information, so it seems unlikely that they'd pass around a laptop loaded with one anothers presentations.

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Post by baldfat »

omarhaneef wrote: post #177
simonh wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it’s a shared machine for projecting notes, chances are it has nothing stored locally.

If I had to bet: -- someone accidentally stored something -- that thing is no big deal, perhaps technically a secret -- people who get ahold of it and read it will make up conspiracy theories about it

People who make up their truths that can't be disproven already have all that they need. a missing laptop.

Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide

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Post by gnusty_gnurc »

compscistd wrote: post #178
ed25519FUUU wrote: post #146

Storming? Let’s not get ahead ourselves here. The capitol police literally opened the door and let them inside: https://twitter.com/gatewaypundit/status/1347615270504955904... Which explains this hilarious picture of a 70-year old grandma “coup plotter” posing with coffee mug. https://twitter.com/TheRealEWILLZ/status/1346999976899932161...

Because someone on the inside opened the door and let them in, it’s not “storming”? Those Twitter comments are all suggesting this was a setup, but the more likely scenario is that most of those that should be serving as police either were sympathetic to today’s right wing rhetoric or weren’t prepared for a mess of people. What were they supposed to do at the point of this video? Pull out their guns and escalate the…

> People died anyway.

Same happened at CHAZ, a couple black kids got killed by some nutjob police LARPers.

I don’t recall a big hubbub blaming left wing rhetoric or arguing for the immediate destruction and disbanding of the autonomous zones. I remember an absolute heartbreaking interview with the kid’s father.

There was no interest for the BLM crowd to hold their own accountable.

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