He informed me that that had been a social engineering project. That man hadn't actually been from IT. I had given him my password. I had failed.
Oh! We had that as an example in a security training we just did!
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Jun 08, 2011 9:10:17 am PDT #11931 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Jesse - Jun 08, 2011 9:15:31 am PDT #11932 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Our IT never asks for our passwords (or they haven't yet!) and yet, I would totally give it up, I bet.
Jessica - Jun 08, 2011 9:17:54 am PDT #11933 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've been asked to stay logged in so IT can work on my machine after-hours, but I'm pretty sure if they needed my password they'd just reset it to abc123.
Polter-Cow - Jun 08, 2011 9:22:30 am PDT #11934 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Our IT never asks for our passwords (or they haven't yet!) and yet, I would totally give it up, I bet.
IT has asked for my password plenty of times when they needed to configure my computer or something, so I thought nothing of it. It was always someone I knew, though. Now we're a growing company and who knows who's over there?
Consuela - Jun 08, 2011 9:23:42 am PDT #11935 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
IT has never asked for my password. That's what the admin password is for.
The closest I've ever gotten to that is when they have me log in and then they access my desktop remotely.
Jesse - Jun 08, 2011 9:25:01 am PDT #11936 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, either they log in with the admin password, or have me do it.
Burrell - Jun 08, 2011 9:33:19 am PDT #11937 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
IT has never asked me for my password either. I assume they have magical admin access.
Jessica - Jun 08, 2011 9:36:32 am PDT #11938 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Argh - why don't people RSVP? I have a confirmed 8 but possibly 13 kids coming to Dylan's party on Saturday, which is incredibly annoying because party favors come in 12-packs.
[My plan for now is to buy enough for 13 kids but not open them all, so if less than 12 kids are there I can return the unopened stuff. It doesn't take that long to throw a few sheets of stickers into a party bag.]
Calli - Jun 08, 2011 9:37:27 am PDT #11939 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
IT asks for my password occasionally. But we're a small enough organization that I know all of them. If a stranger came to my cube asking for my password, I'd probably check in with the IT manager before giving it to him/her.
Amy - Jun 08, 2011 9:41:48 am PDT #11940 of 30001
Because books.
Argh - why don't people RSVP? I have a confirmed 8 but possibly 13 kids coming to Dylan's party on Saturday, which is incredibly annoying because party favors come in 12-packs.
This has always been the most annoying part of the kids' birthdays. I've wound up tracking people down and calling them at the last minute, and that's ridiculously irritating.