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PCJ-600
Apr 17, 2001
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn7B_-jFvAM

drunk, bottle-wielding Australian woman hit with a plastic chair and put over a balcony (with more courtesy than she deserved) prefaced by 90 seconds of arguing and profanity

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Zamboni Rodeo
Jul 19, 2007

NEVER play "Lady of Spain" AGAIN!




zakharov posted:

*extremely wanting to derail the thread voice*

It's called an emergency brake.

Olympic Mathlete posted:

I've never seen one used in an emergency. :v:


Mitch Hedberg posted:

I rent a lot of cars 'cos I go on the road. When I drive a rental car, I don't know what's going on with it. A lot of times I drive for ten miles with the emergency brake on. That doesn't say a lot for me, but it really doesn't say a lot for the "emergency brake". It's really not an emergency brake, it's an emergency "make the car smell funny lever".

Sandwich Anarchist
Sep 12, 2008
Cars are designed to sort of ignore the hand brake when in motion, specifically so it doesn't destroy the car. Go ahead and pull it while going 70 mph down the highway and tell me it doesn't do anything though.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Sandwich Anarchist posted:

Cars are designed to sort of ignore the hand brake when in motion, specifically so it doesn't destroy the car. Go ahead and pull it while going 70 mph down the highway and tell me it doesn't do anything though.

But going 70 is in motion...

I know what you mena

Elizabethan Error
May 18, 2006

https://twitter.com/og_tjg/status/884756210267893761

Kurieg
Jul 19, 2012

RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20
:blizz::gamefreak:
https://twitter.com/voretaq7/status/884913799333105664

Raygereio
Nov 12, 2012
I guess it's a good thing that sort of nonsense gets some attention so hopefully more people become aware of it.

But "provided the blueprint" my rear end. That poo poo has already been going on for years. I can't find any recent data about this, but I'm pretty sure the majority of security breaches can still be traced back to someone plugging in a malware infected device. Probably one they were giving as a free promotional thing at a trade show or convention.
And delegates handing each other infected USB devices has practically become a tradition at G20 meetings.

Ragequit
Jun 1, 2006


Lipstick Apathy

Raygereio posted:

I guess it's a good thing that sort of nonsense gets some attention so hopefully more people become aware of it.

But "provided the blueprint" my rear end. That poo poo has already been going on for years. I can't find any recent data about this, but I'm pretty sure the majority of security breaches can still be traced back to someone plugging in a malware infected device. Probably one they were giving as a free promotional thing at a trade show or convention.
And delegates handing each other infected USB devices has practically become a tradition at G20 meetings.

People just scatter USB drives in the parking lot of secure facilities. I forget the study but an insanely high percentage of them are picked up and plugged in on-premises.

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

Facebook red teams used to do that, but miraculously it stopped working with enough education.

Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit

Ragequit posted:

People just scatter USB drives in the parking lot of secure facilities. I forget the study but an insanely high percentage of them are picked up and plugged in on-premises.

Oh, I had to go through training for internet security. I mean as a goon it was all old hat to me, watching the video all I could think of was "poor Maria, thought of the internet and died." Of course we have to have training like that because there are still people who don't have any concept of computer security, why else does Geek Squad exist?

Gynocentric Regime
Jun 9, 2010

by Cyrano4747

Raygereio posted:

I guess it's a good thing that sort of nonsense gets some attention so hopefully more people become aware of it.

But "provided the blueprint" my rear end. That poo poo has already been going on for years. I can't find any recent data about this, but I'm pretty sure the majority of security breaches can still be traced back to someone plugging in a malware infected device. Probably one they were giving as a free promotional thing at a trade show or convention.
And delegates handing each other infected USB devices has practically become a tradition at G20 meetings.

That's how Stuxnet got into Iranian SCADA systems IIRC.

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Random USB drives that say PORN in sharpie or has a boss or coworker's name on it, left in the parking lot. 95% insertion rate


But that is the first mass mailing I'm aware of.

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"

How do the drives infect? Wouldn't you have to run a program or something or are computers insane and auto-run things off a usb?

canyoneer
Sep 13, 2005


I only have canyoneyes for you


Mt. ORourke
Dec 10, 2006

We find no vestige of a beginning,
no prospect of an end.

Baronjutter posted:

How do the drives infect? Wouldn't you have to run a program or something or are computers insane and auto-run things off a usb?

The second one. I'm no expert but your computer is clearly running programs when you plug in a USB, otherwise it wouldn't display a new drive, with the correct stored name and storage information etc. I imagine it's trivially easy to code something that triggers off of that initial info request from the computer.

Palpek
Dec 27, 2008


Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.


Baronjutter posted:

How do the drives infect? Wouldn't you have to run a program or something or are computers insane and auto-run things off a usb?
Windows will autrun a program that has to do with running the device and malware takes advantage of that.

Admiral Joeslop
Jul 8, 2010





Reminder that people on the Internet poo poo all over her because she stood at attention instead of putting her hand over her heart or whatever during the US anthem. Even though she was raised in a military household and was taught to do that.

She deserves every good thing she gets.

BovineFury
Oct 28, 2007
I moo for great justice!
After many years I still remember "Fixodent and Forget It."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZxZsPVkZM4

Grey Fox
Jan 5, 2004

Admiral Joeslop posted:

Reminder that people on the Internet poo poo all over her because she's black and successful in a sport that's predominately white

EvenWorseOpinions
Jun 10, 2017
Manufacturers are leaning away from calling parking brakes emergency brakes, probably because of the schade of people thinking an emergency brake is for emergencies that occur while at speed

wayfinder
Jul 7, 2003
http://i.imgur.com/KyheCPD.gifv

mds2
Apr 8, 2004


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Canada: 18662773553
Germany: 08001810771
India: 8888817666
Japan: 810352869090
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UK: 08457909090
US: 1-800-273-8255

Admiral Joeslop posted:

Reminder that people on the Internet poo poo all over her because she stood at attention instead of putting her hand over her heart or whatever during the US anthem. Even though she was raised in a military household and was taught to do that.

She deserves every good thing she gets.

Both ways are listed as acceptable in the US code for standing at attention during the anthem. loving idiots.

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

USB devices can impersonate keyboards and other devices, and spread that USB malware to other USB storage. The term to Google is "BadUSB".

Sandwich Anarchist
Sep 12, 2008

mds2 posted:

Both ways are listed as acceptable in the US code for standing at attention during the anthem. loving idiots.

Yeah, but she's black.

LawfulWaffle
Mar 11, 2014

Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.
"E-Brake" is a lot shorter to say than "Bitchin' Turn Facilitator" but I'm willing to burn the extra calorie.

Sandwich Anarchist
Sep 12, 2008

LawfulWaffle posted:

"E-Brake" is a lot shorter to say than "Bitchin' Turn Facilitator" but I'm willing to burn the extra calorie.

BTF

Also, it's called a hand brake.

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

Hold that pose.
I've gotta get something.

Sandwich Anarchist posted:

BTF

Also, it's called a hand brake.

What about e-brakes that are a pedal, though?

Elizabethan Error
May 18, 2006

SpacePig posted:

What about e-brakes that are a pedal, though?
wait, you're not supposed to drive like you're playing twister? poo poo

Slime
Jan 3, 2007
On the USB sticks containing malware: While it takes an idiot to plug a USB stick they didn't source and format themselves into a work machine, there's a reason so many workplaces physically disable USB ports and use peripherals that either don't use USB or lock the peripherals into a USB slot.

Mezzanine
Aug 23, 2009

Mt. ORourke posted:

The second one. I'm no expert but your computer is clearly running programs when you plug in a USB, otherwise it wouldn't display a new drive, with the correct stored name and storage information etc. I imagine it's trivially easy to code something that triggers off of that initial info request from the computer.

I've heard on multiple occasions of hardware used in military-grade systems, for example, having the USB ports either physically removed or filled with epoxy or something similar.

Sandwich Anarchist
Sep 12, 2008

Elizabethan Error posted:

wait, you're not supposed to drive like you're playing twister? poo poo

Just lol if your feet aren't actually just another set of hands

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

Slime posted:

On the USB sticks containing malware: While it takes an idiot to plug a USB stick they didn't source and format themselves into a work machine, there's a reason so many workplaces physically disable USB ports and use peripherals that either don't use USB or lock the peripherals into a USB slot.

One issue is that if you ever plug it into an untrusted computer, you have to throw it away because it could have been infected. Formatting doesn't help with the more advanced techniques, because the malware lives in the firmware and not the storage flash.

oldpainless
Oct 30, 2009

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I'm still not convinced what Simone biles did is humanly possible

old bean factory
Nov 18, 2006

Will ya close the fucking doors?!
More like oldincredulous

Fried Watermelon
Dec 29, 2008


For 44.99 you can be a hacking genius:

https://hakshop.com/products/usb-rubber-ducky-deluxe

I got one of these and it's pretty neat, was able to grab a computers password and have it send a text file with the password to a remote server. Most new anti-viruses were able to block it, but on older machines it worked nearly every time

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003
I didn't know who she was so I went and looked her up and good grief she has earned a whole decade off to party if she really wants! I don't even have a medal, let alone that many golds and Olympic ones!

Slime
Jan 3, 2007

Subjunctive posted:

One issue is that if you ever plug it into an untrusted computer, you have to throw it away because it could have been infected. Formatting doesn't help with the more advanced techniques, because the malware lives in the firmware and not the storage flash.

god usb is such a piece of poo poo

like why is it even possible to modify the firmware by plugging it in to an infected machine, why is this a goddamn thing they do

Raygereio
Nov 12, 2012

Slime posted:

like why is it even possible to modify the firmware by plugging it in to an infected machine, why is this a goddamn thing they do
No one thought about it. As far as I know it took over 15 years for someone to go "Huh, I wonder if the firmware in my usb mouse is writable and if so requires a signature?" and then successfully exploit the vulnerability.

In hindsight it's obvious off course.

Elizabethan Error
May 18, 2006

Slime posted:

god usb is such a piece of poo poo

like why is it even possible to modify the firmware by plugging it in to an infected machine, why is this a goddamn thing they do
because if it wasn't and the firmware gets borked, you've now got a paperweight that was formerly a usb drive.

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nerdz
Oct 12, 2004


Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.
Grimey Drawer

Subjunctive posted:

One issue is that if you ever plug it into an untrusted computer, you have to throw it away because it could have been infected. Formatting doesn't help with the more advanced techniques, because the malware lives in the firmware and not the storage flash.

Actually if you plug it into a laptop that has a read only os like linux running from cds, it's quite safe. Of course, stay offline.

Edit: oh, oh yeah your USB is hosed, not the laptop.

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