Earlier quoted context omitted.
I live less than a mile from Mar-a-lago, and I drive by it all the time. It seems insane to do anything high-security there.
"Seems insane." That's the administration in a nutshell.
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Woman from China Carrying Malware Arrested After Entering Mar-a-Lago
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#52Comparing this to myself, I often carry two cell phones, I assume my USB drives are not infected, but have no idea if they are and if they are I wouldn't be able to tell based on what I understand of infections that live in the firmware, and when I was much younger, in my teens and early 20s, I definitely snuck into quite a few nice swimming pools at hotels and clubs, along with every one of my peers! I also snuck in…
Going for a swim without a swimsuit?
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#53Comparing this to myself, I often carry two cell phones, I assume my USB drives are not infected, but have no idea if they are and if they are I wouldn't be able to tell based on what I understand of infections that live in the firmware, and when I was much younger, in my teens and early 20s, I definitely snuck into quite a few nice swimming pools at hotels and clubs, along with every one of my peers! I also snuck in…
Going for a swim without a swimsuit?
For her case that fits into the general bit where she changed her story a bunch of times. (Assuming that's the case, she alleges she never said she was there to go swimming.)
In my own case as a teen, not having a swimsuit never stopped me. I definitely never had a towel since hotels provide that, it's one of the advantages of hotels vs random people's backyard pools where they definitely knew you weren't supposed to be there. Even when questioned by hotel staff (which seldom happened) saying I was with the Smiths often passed the test if I was a guest or not. Another tactic was to take the elevator up, then down and out to the pool. Never approach the pool directly from off-property.
Mar-a-Lago would obviously be considerably harder to sneak into since the staff there knows who the members are even if the Secret Service doesn't.
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#54Reading the article I was immediately concerned the cellphones and/or malware were used as probable cause for her arrest. Four cellphones is definitely excessive but not illegal (at one point I had three for work + a personal) and malware on a USB stick could happen to anyone . From the complaint[1] it looks like she's being charged for knowingly making false statements to gain access to a restricted area and (thankf…
Why did you have 3 cellphones for work? That seems excesive to me. I can understand 1 for work, one for personal - I had this situation for quite a while myself. I'd prefer to only carry 1 phone, but I won't 'byod' to a company that reserves the right to remotely wipe my personal phone.
It absolutely was excessive. I had a US work phone and two international work phones because I dealt with foreign regulators who needed to be able to contact me at a "local" phone number. I'm not sure I ever managed to have all four charged at the same time.
And I learned about BYOD the hard way. I do a bit of freelance legal journalism on the side and at one point I had a Reuters email address even though I wasn't an employee and I had it set up on my personal iPhone. One day I was getting off the subway and the entire phone went blank. A complete factory reset. Reuters had accidentally wiped the personal cellphones of everyone who had set up the company email on an iPhone. I remember one guy saying he lost the video of his daughter's first footsteps. This was before companies had controls around BYOD but I will certainly never allow a company to have any access to my device again.
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#55Re: Woman from China Carrying Malware Arrested After Entering Mar-a-Lago
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
To be fair to the secret service, trump has put them on a terrible situation making them have to secure that place instead of using camp david like everyone else.
I live less than a mile from Mar-a-lago, and I drive by it all the time. It seems insane to do anything high-security there.
It isn't worse than the Whitehouse itself.
There is access control. The ownership is friendly to the president. It is a physically large site, making it difficult to overrun. Targeting it with anything less than a nuke is unlikely to harm any specific individual.
The main downside is proximity to water from which submarines can launch SLBM strikes. It isn't reasonable to make this complaint without moving the Whitehouse. Seriously, all of DC should be moved for security. Give the current land back to Maryland, then chop a new DC off of the Oklahoma panhandle.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
I live less than a mile from Mar-a-lago, and I drive by it all the time. It seems insane to do anything high-security there.
Why is that?
Because the President is already provided with a "weekend" place to go called Camp David that is secure (it is a US military base), guarded by both USSS and US Marines, is located close to DC (thus only requiring helicopters instead of AF1), has a golf course and other recreational facilities.
It has been good enough for every President since FDR. Trump uses Mar-a-lago as a money making exercise, raising the membership fees after becoming President and charging the USSS and other government security services for the facilities they use to guard him.
It's (yet another) rort.
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#58The 4 cell phones thing and her sketchy story is suspicious. But anyone could have malware on a USB stick. Especially from China. That said this sounds way too sloppy for state espionage. Maybe it’s private? Or they are recruiting way too many people and let some bad ones in.
Too sloppy for state espionage? In my experience, the level of competence in government varied widely. This is entirely plausible as state espionage.
Seriously they destroy Iran nuclear enrichment with stuxnet by leaving usb flash drive around. The worker took it, kept it as there own and use it at the nuclear enrichment site.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why did you have 3 cellphones for work? That seems excesive to me. I can understand 1 for work, one for personal - I had this situation for quite a while myself. I'd prefer to only carry 1 phone, but I won't 'byod' to a company that reserves the right to remotely wipe my personal phone.
It absolutely was excessive. I had a US work phone and two international work phones because I dealt with foreign regulators who needed to be able to contact me at a "local" phone number. I'm not sure I ever managed to have all four charged at the same time. And I learned about BYOD the hard way. I do a bit of freelance legal journalism on the side and at one point I had a Reuters email address even though I wasn't a…
I do the same, I would never trust a company's IT department to have any access or administrative power over my personal phone - same goes for laptop.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why is that?
Because the President is already provided with a "weekend" place to go called Camp David that is secure (it is a US military base), guarded by both USSS and US Marines, is located close to DC (thus only requiring helicopters instead of AF1), has a golf course and other recreational facilities. It has been good enough for every President since FDR. Trump uses Mar-a-lago as a money making exercise, raising the membersh…
Never heard rort before! TIL.