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Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by lemmsjid »

airhead969 wrote: post #17
ziddoap wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Isn't the automatic reaction of a Windows desktop/laptop user to lock their workstation Having attempted to encourage this as a habit for my users for about a year, and not a single one doing it, I've had to come up with other solutions that takes it out of their hands. (It's not business-critical for us, however we try to encourage good security habits all around). So no, I don't think it is an automatic reaction f…

IIRC, the trick is practical jokes! Change desktop backgrounds, move icons around, leave goofy/giant text Word documents, etc.

That is so true. I struggled to develop the habit and then ended up on a team that did this (mainly send silly emails from the victim’s account). It’s over a decade later and I still hit the lock combo every time I get up.

Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by fy20 »

airhead969 wrote: post #2

Isn't the automatic reaction of a Windows desktop/laptop user to lock their workstation (Ctrl-Alt-Del, Enter, Enter) if they leave for any reason? Edit: that was a great Chaos Monkey to reiterate security hygiene. Or was it a Mini Chaos Monkey? https://netflix.github.io/chaosmonkey/

Definitely not. In my co-working space people regularly leave laptops unattended and unlocked when they go for lunch.

Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by amenod »

airhead969 wrote: post #17
ziddoap wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Isn't the automatic reaction of a Windows desktop/laptop user to lock their workstation Having attempted to encourage this as a habit for my users for about a year, and not a single one doing it, I've had to come up with other solutions that takes it out of their hands. (It's not business-critical for us, however we try to encourage good security habits all around). So no, I don't think it is an automatic reaction f…

IIRC, the trick is practical jokes! Change desktop backgrounds, move icons around, leave goofy/giant text Word documents, etc.

...or invite the whole team for a beer via e-mail. :)

Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by HenryBemis »

zomg wrote: post #16
Finnucane wrote: post #4

Good thing it was a kid and not his cat; a cat would have declared war.

hilarious -- i came here to defend our feline friends too! :) meaning, it was definitely not a cat...

Now then.. a cat would have sat/lied down on the warm keyboard (assuming laptop) and the keypresses would have exceeded the allowed maximum number of characters, and thus the tweet wouldn't have been possible.

Another 'analysis' of the key presses:

Right hand first: ;l;;

then left hand: g

right hand again: lm

then wrap up with left hand: xzssaw

Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by panzagl »

ziddoap wrote: post #9
airhead969 wrote: post #2

Isn't the automatic reaction of a Windows desktop/laptop user to lock their workstation (Ctrl-Alt-Del, Enter, Enter) if they leave for any reason? Edit: that was a great Chaos Monkey to reiterate security hygiene. Or was it a Mini Chaos Monkey? https://netflix.github.io/chaosmonkey/

>Isn't the automatic reaction of a Windows desktop/laptop user to lock their workstation Having attempted to encourage this as a habit for my users for about a year, and not a single one doing it, I've had to come up with other solutions that takes it out of their hands. (It's not business-critical for us, however we try to encourage good security habits all around). So no, I don't think it is an automatic reaction f…

So what you do is take a screenshot of whatever's open on their computer, close it, then set the screenshot as their desktop wallpaper. Also hide their icons for good measure. This should start a cycle of escalation and retaliation that eventually gets the whole office locking their PCs.

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Post by bentcorner »

airhead969 wrote: post #2

Isn't the automatic reaction of a Windows desktop/laptop user to lock their workstation (Ctrl-Alt-Del, Enter, Enter) if they leave for any reason? Edit: that was a great Chaos Monkey to reiterate security hygiene. Or was it a Mini Chaos Monkey? https://netflix.github.io/chaosmonkey/

I do that "in the office" but at home I usually leave my PC unlocked if I'm stepping away and trust my family not to mess around with my computer. It'll lock in a few minutes by itself anyways. While I probably would be more careful with younger children around I could easily see this happening for someone working from home.

Also - in the office if you leave your computer unlocked you may find that you have emailed the team and promised to bring everybody doughnuts tomorrow.

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