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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 127 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

A lot of hacking is actually social engineering. It's not hard to get a tech-illiterate person to give up their password, and that's the softest target for an attack.

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I prefer the old “drop a usb in the parking lot”

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 39 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Be sure to put a label on it that says "secrets!"

[–] teft@startrek.website 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nowadays you'd probably be more likely to get a hit by putting an "Anime titties" label on the drive

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

Why would you drop a drive full of world news?

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Just put the CEO's name on it and a very recent date. They'll be dying to know what secret information the CEO was carrying around.

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I prefer a label that says, "Warning: USB stick contains scary virus. Do not plug into a computer"

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There are usb sticks that can kill your pc by getting charged and then discharging all the electricity at once to your pc so no sandbox will save you in situations like those.

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Me: Plugs USB into throwaway computer. Computer: dies. Me: "well that's a pretty boring virus!"

[–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Or even jaded tech savvy people. I work in IT and there have been a number of times that I have witnessed or heard about people who know better causing an incident because they're burnt out or irate.

[–] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Wait a second...I don't give a shit about this company."

[–] illi@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

This seems like there is an idea for a joke or a comic here somewhere...

[–] hellishharlot@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

Happy employees are less likely to be socially engineered? Wow shocker

[–] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's a good point! I like the way you think! What is your password?

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's *******, what's yours?

Edit: that's cool, Lemmy blocks it out!

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago

Ah, cool, let me try:

iWantToSuckFrozengyro'sToes69

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh so that's why Lemmy sensors my f words

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am so sick of everyone asking me for my password with no spaces or capitals.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

W h A t I s Y o U r P a S s W o R d ?