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Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl
well, i was thinking about trying okc again after the new year (and honestly kind of dreading it after past experiences), but now i'll just be deleting it. thanks okcupid!!

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Raere
Dec 13, 2007

More like.......okstupid!!

ohgodwhat
Aug 6, 2005

cheese-cube posted:

what if you're a porn star and they google your profile and are like "wtf this dingus hasn't had as nearly as much sex as we expect!!!" and then you get fired. that would suck

but seriously, it's on the internet, little you can do to stop your employers or anyone else really from accessing it. what one would expect is that the government would institute regulations which make such information "unactionable" or whatever by your employer. also shoring up of unfair dismissal protections would be required to move the onus onto the employer.

Cool we'll just cause big problems for people until Congress decides to do something good for their constituents rather than their corporate donors. Any day now...

Shame Boy
Mar 2, 2010

ohgodwhat posted:

Cool we'll just cause big problems for people until Congress decides to do something good for their constituents rather than their corporate donors. Any day now...

i'd normally say it'd happen after one too many congressional mistresses are revealed by data collection but that doesn't actually seem to affect anyone in hell year 2017 anymore so lol

we're beyond shame and shame was the only reliable driver of change apparently

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
it's probably just so you don't have to introduce yourself or ask for the other person's name, and is not a security fuckup or a big deal, as everyone seems to believe it is

but i have my real first name in my general internet username most places (though not in my okc) so i might be biased

anthonypants fucked around with this message at 04:50 on Dec 23, 2017

RISCy Business
Jun 17, 2015

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Fun Shoe

anthonypants posted:

it's probably just so you don't have to introduce yourself or ask for the other person's name, and is not a security fuckup or a big deal, as everyone seems to believe it is

but i have my real first name in my general internet username most places (though not in my okc) so i might be biased

nice to meet you mr pants

RFC2324
Jun 7, 2012

http 418

anthonypants posted:

it's probably just so you don't have to introduce yourself or ask for the other person's name, and is not a security fuckup or a big deal, as everyone seems to believe it is

but i have my real first name in my general internet username most places (though not in my okc) so i might be biased

Wait, so Dick used to work for you, Tony?!?!

Pile Of Garbage
May 28, 2007



unrelated but what's the go with HPKP? i seem to recall some recent discussion about it being abandoned due to lacklustre uptake? is it worth configuring still?

apseudonym
Feb 25, 2011

cheese-cube posted:

unrelated but what's the go with HPKP? i seem to recall some recent discussion about it being abandoned due to lacklustre uptake? is it worth configuring still?

It's a big foot gun and you should be really careful.

vOv
Feb 8, 2014

apseudonym posted:

It's a big foot gun and you should be really careful.

yeah this. hsts is one thing because it's not hard to get some certificate, but hpkp can gently caress you over real hard if you lose the key

Grassy Knowles
Apr 4, 2003

"The original Terminator was a gritty fucking AMAZING piece of sci-fi. Gritty fucking rock-hard MURDER!"
okcupid hides accounts with three months of inactivity, and I don't believe they had real name fields before

not to defend what they're doing, just to temper some of the bigger fears of this announcement

Vanadium
Jan 8, 2005

okc still doesnt have a lastname field and they said they're cool with nicknames or w/e. I think all this did was to make usernames non-unique and allow a few more chars.

Carbon dioxide
Oct 9, 2012

I wonder how many lurkers itt can't talk about the sec fuckups they see every day because of NDAs.

Blockade
Oct 22, 2008

Just lol if you dont have a fake identity you can use

taqueso
Mar 8, 2004


:911:
:wookie: :thermidor: :wookie:
:dehumanize:

:pirate::hf::tinfoil:

Carbon dioxide posted:

I wonder how many lurkers itt can't talk about the sec fuckups they see every day because of NDAs.

Alright, spill it...

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Carbon dioxide posted:

I wonder how many lurkers itt can't talk about the sec fuckups they see every day because of NDAs.

well...

geonetix
Mar 6, 2011


Carbon dioxide posted:

I wonder how many lurkers itt can't talk about the sec fuckups they see every day because of NDAs.

Probably all lurkers and posters

fishmech
Jul 16, 2006

by VideoGames
Salad Prong
Well if you want to talk that, a certain international insurance conglomerate that recently merged with a European HQ company has most of their offices with a guest wifi only "secured" by hidden SSID. And in many of their locations that guest wifi appears to allow access to things that clearly were meant to be on internal credentials secured wifi if at all.

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

Carbon dioxide posted:

I wonder how many lurkers itt can't talk about the sec fuckups they see every day because of NDAs.

the national defence act is literally an nda

Ulf
Jul 15, 2001

FOUR COLORS
ONE LOVE
Nap Ghost

Carbon dioxide posted:

I wonder how many lurkers itt can't talk about the sec fuckups they see every day because of NDAs.

s/see/caused/ :shobon:

dpkg chopra
Jun 9, 2007

Fast Food Fight

Grimey Drawer
https://twitter.com/verge/status/944568394036203522

it’s basically a nannycam

Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

me @ ur posts


Fun Shoe
loving this take
https://twitter.com/marasawr/status/944621175921152000

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003


yeah, like I'm gonna install any software written by traitor mcTraitor face

Potato Salad
Oct 23, 2014

nobody cares


akadajet posted:

yeah, like I'm gonna install any software written by traitor mcTraitor face

I would :colbert:

ohgodwhat
Aug 6, 2005

One whose freedom is at the mercy of an APT no less

moonshine is......
Feb 21, 2007


I'm the person who is worried about evil maid attacks, so I leave more hardware laying around.

Bulgogi Hoagie
Jun 1, 2012

We
https://twitter.com/russianembassyc/status/944627945175334912

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

yes, my smartphone, the wireless transmitter running whatever the upstream provider tells it to run, with the best software a chechen code farm has to offer, this is going to be my shield against a motivated state actor

Bulgogi Hoagie
Jun 1, 2012

We

flakeloaf posted:

chechen code farm

lol

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013





code carpets on the walls

apseudonym
Feb 25, 2011


So... A spyware app?

Bulgogi Hoagie
Jun 1, 2012

We

apseudonym posted:

So... A spyware app?

spyware for the people

apseudonym
Feb 25, 2011

Bulgogi Hoagie posted:

spyware for the people

NSA Wizard?

bob dobbs is dead
Oct 8, 2017

I love peeps
Nap Ghost

moonshine is...... posted:

I'm the person who is worried about evil maid attacks, so I leave more hardware laying around.

he already pwned 100% by russkies
he himself is a good guy, but pwned to hell

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



snowden is such a useful idiot

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
update: your okcupid "name" can't have numbers in it, but it can have emoji. in fact it can just be a single emoji. this is not a security fuckup.

Proteus Jones
Feb 28, 2013



anthonypants posted:

update: your okcupid "name" can't have numbers in it, but it can have emoji. in fact it can just be a single emoji. this is not a security fuckup.

We're super serious about making sure you're a real person. And real people don't have numbers in their name. As far as emoji's, well we certainly don't judge names of people from other cultures.

Grassy Knowles
Apr 4, 2003

"The original Terminator was a gritty fucking AMAZING piece of sci-fi. Gritty fucking rock-hard MURDER!"
now it sounds more like they're trying to put a cute spin on the removal of usernames

Volmarias
Dec 31, 2002

EMAIL... THE INTERNET... SEARCH ENGINES...
I would love to know who got in with the pile of poo emoji first

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anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

Volmarias posted:

I would love to know who got in with the pile of poo emoji first
i can guarantee you they are not unique

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