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Re: Considered "18+"

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Post by smhenderson »

raxxorraxor wrote: post #33
donatj wrote: post #13

A number of my personal sites end up blocked by corporate firewalls. It’s slightly infuriating. Even my own company. I got in a literal fight with IT needing to justify the why in why I needed access to my own website. Like I can live without it, but it’s nothing but my blog where I rant about tech. The why should be why is it blocked to begin with. The default state should not be blocked .

Default approach of a firewall. When it doubt, block it. But IT has really outdone itself and grew to something that could be the largest threat to an open internet. The same could happen to mail, where you can only use "certified provider" or you will just be filtered out. Spam and phishing are a problem, sure, but recent IT strategies are highly questionable in this regard.

but recent IT strategies are highly questionable in this regard.

I think it of as a result of high profile hacks. Either a company is hacked once and they go way overboard trying to ensure it doesn't happen again. Or, some high profile company gets hacked, some C*O's see it, overreact and decide they're not going to be next.

Re: Considered "18+"

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Post by gambiting »

olyjohn wrote: post #79
rhdunn wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Richard is often shortened to Dick, e.g. as in "Tom, Dick, and Harry".

I know that Dick is another name for Richard. But Why? They don't seem to even be plays off of the same name, nor do they sound the same at all. It's like if another name for John was Frank. It makes zero sense.

My wife's name is Aleksandra, but the short version of that is Ola. Similarly, Olek is a short for Aleksander. Also no idea why.

Re: Considered "18+"

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Post by yakshaving_jgt »

anticristi wrote: post #78
dmlorenzetti wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Similarly, they would use blanked keyword blocking. So sex education resources would frequently get blocked. I had a colleague whose surname, Sextro, was part of his email address. He occasionally had messages blocked by blanket filters like that.

I wonder how such filters work in Sweden. We often see advertisement like "Sex gym i stan!". Meaning "Six gyms in town!".

Swedes aren’t quite so puritanical, as I think you know. In Swedish culture it’s apparently funny when small children make jokes about bajskorvar.

Re: Considered "18+"

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Post by bregma »

olyjohn wrote: post #79
rhdunn wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Richard is often shortened to Dick, e.g. as in "Tom, Dick, and Harry".

I know that Dick is another name for Richard. But Why? They don't seem to even be plays off of the same name, nor do they sound the same at all. It's like if another name for John was Frank. It makes zero sense.

Wait until you find out what Peggy, Betty, or Tina are short forms of.

Re: Considered "18+"

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Post by jodrellblank »

Beldin wrote: post #86
olyjohn wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know that Dick is another name for Richard. But Why? They don't seem to even be plays off of the same name, nor do they sound the same at all. It's like if another name for John was Frank. It makes zero sense.

Wait till you find out about "Buffy". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy

Wait till you find out about "Tiffany"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LMr5XTgeyI (CGP Grey)

(spoiler: he couldn't find out where it came from, and did this video on his research to explain more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEV9qoup2mQ )

Re: Considered "18+"

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Post by Thiez »

raxxorraxor wrote: post #33
donatj wrote: post #13

A number of my personal sites end up blocked by corporate firewalls. It’s slightly infuriating. Even my own company. I got in a literal fight with IT needing to justify the why in why I needed access to my own website. Like I can live without it, but it’s nothing but my blog where I rant about tech. The why should be why is it blocked to begin with. The default state should not be blocked .

Default approach of a firewall. When it doubt, block it. But IT has really outdone itself and grew to something that could be the largest threat to an open internet. The same could happen to mail, where you can only use "certified provider" or you will just be filtered out. Spam and phishing are a problem, sure, but recent IT strategies are highly questionable in this regard.

Incidentally this is also why you see a lot of stuff being communicated over https. The other ports are "suspicious".

Re: Considered "18+"

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Post by gopher_space »

dylan604 wrote: post #82
donatj wrote: post #13

A number of my personal sites end up blocked by corporate firewalls. It’s slightly infuriating. Even my own company. I got in a literal fight with IT needing to justify the why in why I needed access to my own website. Like I can live without it, but it’s nothing but my blog where I rant about tech. The why should be why is it blocked to begin with. The default state should not be blocked .

>I got in a literal fight with IT needing to justify the why in why I needed access to my own website. Legitimately asking, why do you need access to your private website on corporate resources during work? Access your private stuff on your BYOD.

I’m not looking to work with people who need me to justify the info I gather or the tools I use.

The problem isn’t what I want to do it’s having an intermediary in the process who only introduces drag.

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