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Post by balls187 »

jdironman wrote: post #383
loxias wrote: post #376

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This. I entertained the idea of working in the public sector a while ago, for a brief time, until I learned that pot is fine in my past, but not in my present. "How the heck do you expect me to get the code written?" Also, I've been told that getting a clearance is more burden than blessing. You have restrictions that an "ordinary person" doesn't have, along with criminal penalties for violating them. Whereas, withou…

Not sure I understand those last two sentences. Could you clarify?

Things may have changed, but in my prior life when I had a clearance, for example, dating (or marrying for that matter) a foreign national would result in heavy vetting, including possibly losing your clearance and/or being terminated.

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Post by frickinLasers »

jdironman wrote: post #383
loxias wrote: post #376

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This. I entertained the idea of working in the public sector a while ago, for a brief time, until I learned that pot is fine in my past, but not in my present. "How the heck do you expect me to get the code written?" Also, I've been told that getting a clearance is more burden than blessing. You have restrictions that an "ordinary person" doesn't have, along with criminal penalties for violating them. Whereas, withou…

Not sure I understand those last two sentences. Could you clarify?

Don't do drugs (including marijuana), don't get blackout drunk, don't talk about your work, don't need psychiatric help... For the last sentence...Trump had all sorts of clearance when he clearly should not have. But he was in an important position.

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Post by tkgally »

labster wrote: post #354
xyzal wrote: post #156

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You imply hacking human minds to be more acceptable than hacking computers?

There are several industries built around hacking human minds: advertising, pay-to-win mobile games, political consulting, user engagement services like Facebook, and of course literature.

> and of course literature

Of course. And education.

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Post by hirako2000 »

fortran77 wrote: post #351
einpoklum wrote: post #132

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They are really quite unlike us. And our sets of norms is, shall we say, somewhat different to theirs.

I, for one, want to protect my Nation against terrorists.

Not exactly, you, have been convinced that protecting your Nation against terrorism was an important priority, so you endorse the budget going into it and the infringements on your liberties, in exchange for the feeling of safety.

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Post by TremendousJudge »

DaiPlusPlus wrote: post #373
6177c40f wrote: post #365

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And let's not forget that many of them are probably browsing HN at this very moment. They could be you, they could be me!

> They could be you, they could be me! Couldn't be me: the private sector pays me waaaaaaaay more. Also, you can't work for the feds if you ever touch the ganja, which is ridiculous. Everyone I personally know in infosec leads a very... alternative west-coast lifestyle which is not conducive to career progression in an east-coast, button-down-shirt environment.

you can do the really spooky stuff without going to prison. that's why they do it

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Post by namibj »

lrvick wrote: post #339
TeMPOraL wrote: post #257

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> It means no one can drive by plug something in when your computer is locked. You will get a popup asking if you want to give some device other than the keyboard you booted with access to behave as a keyboard . Makes me think, what would happen if I plugged this cable, unplugged the keyboard, and power-cycled the computer? Or do a hard power down, then the switcheroo, and then power up? Would USBGuard/QubesOS block…

If you rebooted my computer you would be greeted with a full disk decryption prompt which requires a smartcard and a pin to unlock. It won't go unnoticed. If your computer can reboot itself for updates that should be a cause for concern as it means your FDE is being cached somewhere that can use it unattended. I don't allow such things personally. You do have to check for any untrusted USB devices at boot on a deskto…

Assuming you're using LUKS with device mapper, this reboot did be able to be a plain kexec, and the raw disk key can be placed in a pre-defined location in RAM, like how the dmesg buffer is something set up to be persistent, for recovering information from right before a crash, even if only via an automated log push daemon.

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Post by glitchc »

nocman wrote: post #167
hbn wrote: post #116

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Microsoft Integrated Microcomputer Plug-and-Play Cable Office 365 Extended Subscription for Workgroups 2021 Powered by Bing

Affectionately known as "MIMPCO 365 ESWPB 2021" Hey! That's my Windows 10 product key! (not really, but felt like it could be).

It’s missing a K, a Q and a W, at least.

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Post by onionisafruit »

spoonjim wrote: post #98
sushisource wrote: post #16

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Why is the NSA so good at coming up with sweet codenames for things? I swear it's someone's full time job there.

Coppermouth is just a combination of two American venomous snakes: the copperhead and the cottonmouth.

No. It’s a combination of duracell copper top batteries and smashmouth

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Post by NamTaf »

selcuka wrote: post #374
sushisource wrote: post #16

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Why is the NSA so good at coming up with sweet codenames for things? I swear it's someone's full time job there.

Coppermouth is a typo, the actual name NSA gave it is Cottonmouth, a species of pit viper.

My apologies! I completely missed that I made that typo. Either I was in the throes of exhaustion or my phone spellchecked me :( Now it's too late to edit.

Yes, Cottonmouth is correct.

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Post by knownjorbist »

coryrc wrote: post #193
ajsnigrutin wrote: post #185

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And people wonder why there is so much crime...

About half blame poverty/insufficient government handouts and excuse the theft. About half blame not prosecuting crime. But no one wonders. Everyone "knows".

You don't need government handouts, you need sane policies that stop making CoL so expensive.
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