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October 28, 2011
breaking in
How to Break Into a Computer. Or, at some locations ~cough, cough~, just walk up to a computer and turn it on, all the files are right there for you.
Like I mentioned before, early in my career, a MS IT security friend would go come around and lock my computer before I learned. My worst experience with personal computer security was working for the Navy and using a CAC card. No CAC card, no computer.
BTW, any attempt at breaking into a computer at work unless authorized would be considered a breach of your workplace IT policy. However, in research, lines get blurry when it comes to IT resources. That's why I would advocate that for research labs to limit students' work to only lab resources like they do for business and government.
On another note, I love my new Android phone. However, I didn't set up my phone to receive my work emails. Growing up with technology that can be considered intrusive (or, inseparable) most of my life, eventually, I've realize that I need boundaries especially between work and rest of my life. At work, is it really necessary to check messages during a team meeting? At home, is it really necessary to check your phone when someone is sitting across from you? For those new to the technology inundation, try turning off your phone instead of checking it multiple times. You will be surprised how grateful the other person is at having your entire attention. I won't be surprised if we see in a few years, technology free zones. We tend to abuse a good thing.
Also, I just set up MicrobeWorld on my Google Reader. I could not just find MicrobeWorld (not Twitter version) in my search. Just an FYI, you can just paste the rss link (only recent posts) into Add a Subscription field. I love XML!
Posted by azileretsis at October 28, 2011 01:46 PM
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