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Friday April 19th, 2013 at 4:07 AM

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Before you say anything, no, I know not to leave my computer sitting out logged in to all my accounts. I have it set up so after a few minutes of inactivity it automatically switches to my brother's.
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4295 days ago
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agcornejo
4279 days ago
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Lol
Snellville, Georgia
redknightalex
4287 days ago
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Or one could practice physical security as well as digital security. Around this time of year, every student's laptop is stolen.
Northeastern US
waxis
4293 days ago
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Let's hear it for sandboxing!
Arizona
oliverzip
4294 days ago
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Sigh. And I felt so secure.
Sydney, Balmain, Hornsby.
beslayed
4296 days ago
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//
ktgeek
4296 days ago
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Once again, xkcd gives me a great comic for security presentations...
Bartlett, IL
PaulPritchard
4297 days ago
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Heh
Belgium
bogorad
4297 days ago
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+acda: please do enlighten me how one's gonna hijack my active SSL-session that's on a laptop that auto-locks when my face is not visible through its webcam? :)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
gmuslera
4297 days ago
Someone sends you a PDF exploiting an acrobat vulnerability (to put an example of making someone's else code run as your user), that takes out your browser cookies/sessions/whatever (or just install a keylogger), and sent them to someones else email. Not being admin/root don't enable them to modify the system in ways that your plain user can't, but can do everything else.
bogorad
4297 days ago
I don't use adobe's PDF software ;)
GrimMeeper
4297 days ago
so maybe I get a picture of you?
acksed
4296 days ago
They don't. They call your bank after cracking the weak password on your email account for the details, reading your FB page for your birthdate, phone number, relatives and location/address, then authorise a bank transfer.
tedder
4297 days ago
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my brother sent this to me this morning.
Uranus
shamgar_bn
4297 days ago
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love this...
Wake Forest, North Carolina
jobiasrkd
4297 days ago
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But video card drivers are serious business!
Edmonton, Canada
deezil
4297 days ago
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Ha!
Shelbyville, Kentucky
norb
4297 days ago
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hahaha
clmbs.oh
dianaschnuth
4297 days ago
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Ain't that the truth.
Toledo OH
sfringer
4297 days ago
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Always a great viewpoint on serious topics!
North Carolina USA
adamgurri
4297 days ago
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welp
New York, NY
manuelp
4297 days ago
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Clever as usual :D
Universe
Dowser
4297 days ago
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Huvudet på spiken, igen.
Trosa, Sweden
stavrosg
4297 days ago
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...
Rodos, Greece
bobdvb
4297 days ago
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One I think Linus would sympathise with I think!
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popular
4297 days ago
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One I think Linus would sympathise with I think!
thebassman
4298 days ago
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Too funny, yet so true.
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
growler
4298 days ago
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eggzactly
bogorad
4297 days ago
truecrypt + auto-lock should be mandatory
acdha
4297 days ago
bogorad: I'm trying to tell whether you missed the point or are joking. TrueCrypt, FileVault, etc. are good ideas for physical security but they don't help when an active session is compromised, which is by far the dominant threat these days.