Friday, February 5, 2021

Incompetent CTO Refuses To Fix Company's Security Flaw, Revenge Ensues


Literally, it's hard to comprehend the fact that this CTO possessed the puzzling level of ignorance that manifested in actually giving every employee at the company the same password. Like, do you want the company to get hacked, or what bro? It just seems like some kind of open invitation at that point. Really. Fortunately, for the company the CTO was eventually replaced. Hopefully the CTO learned their lesson. 

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Font - Font - r/ProRevenge u/ROKexpat • 12h + Join 3 6 Don't want to fix my IT issue? Well I think its time for a new CTO I just want to state that this IT issue is going blow some peoples presented was nothing short of incredible. And the fact that we never had a major security breach is astounding. It truly is. minds. The security flaw that this The flaw you may ask

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Font - Font - Everyone in the entire company password was the same password. Yes folks you read that right, every single password to every single employee login was the same password. It was like this before I joined the company, and for quite a few years after. Until...well enjoy the story. Now what about the username? That musta be the trick right? O yea that was a trick, the username was the employee email address. I did point out this flaw to my management and their response was "Thats not o

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Font - Font - The CTO said "I don't want to spend the time fixing this, use this work around" to which I pointed out the work around slows things down, makes my job harder, and this windows update has to affect more then just me. I was told to suck it up Now at the time the CEO was the son of the founder and a bit of I legit feel at this point in time he was just collecting a paycheck and letting everything run on auto and didn't pay attention. But I was mad at the CTO for brushing me off so I p

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Font - Font - I decided to demonstrate the flaw. I picked two random sales people (I didn't know them) I got their username and I logged into their systems. and I pulled two random customers personal information. The kind of information that would have easily allowed me to commit identify fraud, pull out credit in their names, etc all kinds of bad stuff. I emailed the CEO and I explained "anyone who knows the URL to log into our system, can log into anyone account, pull up customers information,

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Font - Font - 25 minutes later my phone rings, it the CEO he was nice, very interested in how I did this (this guy isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer) and I pointed out the flaw in plain English, and the liability that it presents to him. I walked him through the process of "hacking" my own account as he called it. I'd hate to call it "hacking" cause it was so easy. Now it dawned on this CEO that this liability was huge, I pointed out again in our conversation a single upset employee could d

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Font - Font - So a day later we have the conference call, its the CEO, the CTO, COO, CFO, the company lawyer, the senior VP etc and on the call I demonstrate the flaw and I lay out how I as a lay person with very little IT background is able to figure this out, its incredible that we have this flaw. Everyone is in agreement that is a HUGE ISSUE. Expect the CTO The CTO gets very, upset at me he wants me fired for "hacking" the system he says that per our employee handbook what I did is firable of

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Font - Font - The CTO pointed out that former employees usernames are disabled to whcih I pointed out Every employee username is their email address, it would be trivial for a former disgruntled employee to use a different employee email address that they remember to log in, and since everyone password is the same they don't even have to guess. The CTO points out that we would know who did it cause of the IP address, I pointed out that VPNS are indeed a thing. The Corporate attorney actually was

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Font - Font - After the meeting the CTO called me, privately HE WAS I just exposed his incompetence because the system was his design, the decision for everyone to have the same password was his decision. And I know why he did it, he did it cause he was said to the CTO lazy. And I "Your a CTO, you shouldn't be in the position you are, and your lazy, you should have found a better solution for my helpticket" He stops and asks "So this is about your stupid helpticket?" I go "Yes, yes it is" he lau

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Font - Font - Well sure enough later that day we got an email stating that everyone was to change their passwords to something unique. A week later the CEO announced, the old CTO stepped down to spend more time with his family. On the first day of the new CTO tenure he sent me an email telling me he wanted to personally work on my help ticket and find a solution around the windows update. Which I'm pleased to say he did. And I later had conversations with our attorney at a meeting, we legit neve

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Tumblr Goes Mythological Scientist Mode On Dragons


Just in case you didn't know, this enlightening Tumblr thread is here to fill you in on why a flamethrower is by no means a precision weapon. Also, apparently dragons rock eyes on the sides of their heads because they place more value on their field of view than they do on their depth perception. Check out some more gold from Tumblr with this post where Tumblr uncovers the nine different kinds of movie posters. 

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Human body - galahadwilder A sudden, terrifying thought When you see an animal with its eyes set to the front, like wolves, or humans, that's usually a predator animal.

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Head

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Cloud - If you see an animal with its eyes set farther back, though-to the side-that animal is prey. Now look at this dragon.

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Vertebrate - Now look at this dragon. See those eyes?

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Rectangle - They're to the SIDE.

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Extinction - This raises an interesting-and terrifying- question.

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Rectangle - perfectly-generic-blog The eyes-in-the-front thing (usually) only applies to mammals. Crocodiles, arguably the inspiration for dragons, have eyes that look to the sides despite being a predator.

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Font - P pyrrhiccomedy hey what up I'm about to be That Asshole This isn't a mammalian thing. When people talk about 'eyes on the front' or 'eyes on the side, they're really talking about binocular vision vs monocular vision. Binocular vision is more advantageous for predators because it's what gives you depth perception; i.e, the distance you need to leap, lunge, or swipe to take out the fast-moving thing in front of you. Any animal that can position its eyes in a way that it has overlapping fi

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Font - (The eyes-in-front = predator / eyes-on-sides = %3D prey thing holds true far more regularly for birds than it does for mammals. Consider owls, hawks, and falcons vs parrots, sparrows, and doves.) But it's not like binocular vision is inherently "better" than monocular vision. It's a trade-off: you get better at leap-strike-kill, but your field of vision is commensurately restricted, meaning you see less stuff.

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Font - Sometimes, the evolutionary benefit of binocular vision just doesn't outweigh the benefit of seeing the other guy coming. Very few forms of aquatic life have binocular vision unless they have eye stalks, predator or not, because if you live underwater, the threat could be coming from literally any direction, so you want as wide a field of view as you can get. If you see a predator working monocular vision, it's a pretty safe assumption that there is something else out there dangerous enou

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Organism - For example, if you are a crocodile, there is a decent chance that a hippo will cruise up your shit and bite you in half. l'd say that makes monocular vision worthwhile. Which brings us back to OP's point. Why would dragon evolution favor field of view over depth perception?

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Font - A lot of the stories l've read painted the biggest threats to dragons (until knights with little shiny sticks came along) as other dragons. Dragons fight each other, dragons have wars. And like fish, a dragon would need to worry about another dragon coming in from any angle. That's a major point in favor of monocular vision. Moreover, you don't need depth perception in order to hunt if you can breathe fucking fire. A flamethrower is not a precision weapon. If you can torch everything in f

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Font - Really, why would dragons have eyes on the front of their heads? Seems like they've got the right idea to me. rachelladytietjens Rebageling for the profoundity of “A flamethrower is not a precision weapon." 171.556 notes

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Americans' Biggest Culture Shocks When Visiting Europe


If you're from America and you've visited anywhere in Europe you've likely dealt with your fair share of culture shocks. Maybe you found yourself shocked at the servings sizes they're rocking over there compared to back home. Or, perhaps it was the sheer oldness of all those beautiful buildings in a place like Rome. You might resonate with a fair number of these. 

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Font - psycmike · 9h How old everything is. G Reply 1 196 ...

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Rectangle - Old_Mr_Wong • 4h It truly is NOT in Texas. The European version of Paris and London are MUCH better. People do not eat cheese with everything A 6 Reply 97 ...

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Organism - klipshklf20 · 6h Visiting Rome, utter and total disregard for traffic laws. Cars stop at lights, scooters cut lanes and go straight through. Cars, scoters all over the sidewalks. Intense graffiti, inside and outside of every train every inch was covered, sharpie tags on marble sculptures and buildings. GReply 92 5 •..

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Font - Expert_Ad9908 · 4h I grew up in a town that dates back to colonial times (first non-Indian inhabitants arrived in the late 1600's) and historic preservation was always a priority. We actually called the historical society the hysterical society, because they would freak out over any proposal that would have changed the character of the town. So I thought I knew old. Well, got to Europe, and saw OLD. Like, good old hometown has absolutely nothing on any small town I visited there. Also - t

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Font - giantpotato • 5h It took me a couple days to realize street names were posted on buildings. Where l'm from street names are always on standalone poles. I couldn't find any street names. I was wondering how everyone finds their way around without street signs before facepalming and realizing the street name signs were affixed to the building corners. G Reply 1 167 3 ...

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Smile - oh_look_a_fist • 4h Air conditioning. Even when they have it, it's not on full blast like here in the US. I went to Germany in June. Beautiful, but can get pretty warm. Took my body a few days to adjust to the time zone and the temperature culture. But other than that, 10/10 would go again. G Reply 4 23 ...

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Font - Witness-Worldly · 5h Trains... glorious, glorious trains. G Reply 285 ...

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Handwriting - DenL4242 · 3h I was surprised that normal, "whole" foods (like raw carrots and blueberries) tasted slightly different. I don't know why. G Reply 1 24 3 ...

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Font - Caspers_Shadow • 5h How friendly people outside tourist areas are compared to close to major attractions. Reply 101 3 •.. +

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Font - Wonderful_Parsley_77 • 5h Cars are optional. G Reply 104 ... +B

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Mammal - tennispro94 · 3h Europe has fantastic public transportation. But what surprised me even more than that was how amazing the work life balance is there. Most places are closed Sunday and stores close by 6/7 PM on weekdays. Everyone has more time for family and to enjoy life. G Reply 4 22 3 •..

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Handwriting - Lux_Dr • 6h Not that it was weird or anything but everyone either walks or bikes everywhere, here in America if you go anywhere you are pretty much always driving, it was nice to see people actually out all the time. G Reply 45 ...

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Font - stormbornmother • 4h You pay for drinking water and refills at restaurants. G Reply 38 ...

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Smile - tuenthe463 · 4h No idiot warnings in public. It's assumed you won't do stupid, dangerous things and, if you do, it's on you. G Reply 1 21 + ...

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Handwriting - RyVsWorld · 4h People seemed a lot nicer to me, more accommodating. I remember seeing some guy have a run in with the police in the Netherlands and was completely taken back at how civil the situation was G Reply 14 3 +

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Font - _GameGator_ • 9h Not a lot of food portions. I can see why we are all so fat. Reply 338 ...

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Font - Armchairengineer1960 · 3h The first time I flew to London I was surprised at how good the food was. I've read the stories about bad British food but that wasn't the case. Everything was excellent. The quality of ingredients seemed superior. Even fast food places like Leon and Pret were really good. I also loved Waitrose. What a great grocery chain. G Reply 1 26 ...

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Facial expression - factor_IX · 8h When I was in Spain last winter, pre-rona, I noticed that everyone there was gorgeous, buuuut everyone and their mom had a cigarette in their mouth. It was weird for me to see such a large portion of individuals smoking out and about in public. G Reply 90 ...

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Organism - Different_States · 4h The tiny cars. Walking down the street I really just want to try and roll one over by hand. Since then I actually got a fiat 500 and, spoilers, you cannot just roll one over by hand. And if you succeed with mechanical advantage your wife gets really angry instead of celebrating your successes. G Reply 14 ...

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Font - Erob3031 · 4h The lack of 24 hour convenience stores. Planning ahead of time was a must. Reply 22 5 ...

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Font - secrethoneydrop · 5h As plastic bottles get bigger in volume, they get taller rather than wider Reply 99 ...

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Font - SalamanderG13 · 9h Everything's so old! I'm from the West coast so all the history here was kinda erased y'know? Also, my cousin and I, both 12 or 13, were offered wine which was weird. Also, switzerland speaks 3 languages! And it's like a tiny country! Crazy! And the climate was pretty similar to where live! And the streets were so thin! G Reply 109 ...

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Organism - orangewarner • 5h I love this question and have so many things I want to say but no one ever reads them ha ha. There was a definite noticeable difference between how heavy everyone is in the United States versus Europe. It seems like everything in the US is bigger, the roads the buildings the toilet paper, the people, etc G Reply 28 ...

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Nope-tastic Final Mountain Steps Are Dizzyingly Scary


The final part of the Madangad climb is on these precarious-looking steps hewn out of the side of the mountain. They must make one think: "how much do I really want to see the top of this thing?" At least there seems to be a bit of rock to act as sort of a guard rail for... some of it.

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