Friday, November 29, 2019

Security so low you can step over it

from here (image source)

No one's going to guess the combination because no one needs to, except maybe small children.

Expectation vs. Reality

found on Animals Being Cute

The sign might keep people away, but the actual dog would have the opposite effect. Hide that dog.

Thursday, November 28, 2019

And you can get them at your local pet store

from here and here (image source)

It's nice to know that ordinary citizens can still find ways to defend themselves against technology that's used against them.

Encryption Is Not A Crime phone case

Product Page

While there are certainly efforts to turn the law against encryption, those efforts are ultimately misguided and showing off this on the back of your phone whenever you're using it is a great way to remind the people in your vicinity of that fact.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

How not to stay hidden

from here

This story may focus on the victim and the mistakes they made, but I'm more interested in the mistakes the attacker made. Did they fall asleep? Did they forget to check the progress? Did it never occur to them there might not be enough room to zip up all the data they wanted to exfiltrate?

The Hoax Hotel : The Angriest Scammer I Ever Called


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I almost feel sorry for this scammer. Almost.

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Purrrivacy Please

from here (image source)

Some people treat animals better than their fellow humans. For those people I hope this will make them think about giving whoever is at the ATM a little more room and a little more privacy.

That's not suspicious at all

original tweet

Clever of the Marin County Sheriff's Department to not specify which parking lot this was "lost" in. I expect they'll be getting contacted by many different people (both those who have actually lost their meth and those dumb enough to think they can scam the cops).

Monday, November 25, 2019

By day a bank teller, but by night a bank taker

from here (source image and article)

This is definitely the opposite of the way bank-related robberies are supposed to go, but bank customers are certainly easier to rob than banks themselves. Obviously not easy enough for this guy.

Password Parenting

found on Sneakhype

Maybe if they not only have to read it but type it in it will actually stick and get followed.