AbydosZombie
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Aug 9, 2025 3:39 PM
AbydosZombie
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dirque
I am a serious it is time to be go.
Scruffy2
#1
Filanwizard
#12 i mean id probably just shut the UPS off. That way network cables do not have to be refigured out.
javadad60
#17 8 hours of sleep?!? Look at Mr Well Rested here!
graehall
Gonna be hilarious watching the impact of vibe coding at scale, so many security issues & exploits, & idiots who don't know how to fix them
IWillNotStandUp
I’m going to have to buy more than one duck. Ne to talk about code to. One to confide my darkest secrets to. One to punch when I need to (this one may have to be bigger than the bathroom variety!) (also, I may need to buy more than one of this kind)
defgremlin
Banzai51
#15 Someone wasn't around for frames and blink tags and it shows.
AbydosZombie
maverickdomme
#17 you guys are getting 30 minutes? https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlZm50M2Fob3ZrNmYyY3B2bTcwa3R3YTNta2ZxeHljbzI0Njk1d3praCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/DOPKHQg6oFWUg/200w.mp4
dodgese
All the haters hate pfblockerNG feeds and a guard dns
tclothingw
#9 so painfully real
nelllybellly1
#1 I don't blame Wile E. for all his misfires, I blame Acme.
NoCapForRealForReal
The downvotes here piss me off. This is a great dump, which means people downvoted because they didn't get the jokes. If that is you, fuck off with that shit.
Downvoting good content, because *you* don't understand it is selfish and ignorant.
AbydosZombie
Downvotes are expected, probably from Karens still clicking on “You’ve won a free iPhone” emails.
scr1bbl3
“Ooh, which model?”
“We’ve caught another one!”
qshamtech
I spent 25yrs working in texh and IT. The downvotes are endusers who still don’t know the difference between hardware, software, and Tupperware.
LordOfTheFleas
And the source of countless pebcak errors
NotThePoint
There a number of reasons for downvotes. Some downvotes come from bots while the ones from people are generally, "it didn't make me feel good so it's not good". I had never understood how emotionally driven some people are until this last year. Like, they basically run on instinct because their decision making is mostly based on emotional logic. It's absolutely bonkers and I wouldn't have truly understood it until I started working with someone like this.
AbydosZombie
So... some are bots, some just run on pure emotional malware?
NotThePoint
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
While I enjoyed it too. Our opinions are not objectively true facts. People are free to dislike things.
vissago
have you heard the good word about push to prod friday? https://mastodon.social/@Viss/114995910927646143
TheJurc
Blasphemy, in this shop we follow read-only friday https://isitreadonlyfriday.com/
vissago
booo
AbydosZombie
Of course. Because weekends are for bonding with the incident response team.
vissago
ive tried to talk about infosec here before. i was browbeat by the cast of idiocracy and mocked, so i thought what id do is become one of those deaf mutes
JaXm
I walked into an organization I volunteer with, and sat down on one of the public computers. Someone had their amazon, gmail, outlook, and cloud accounts open for EVERYONE to see ... I had access to emails, passwords, credit cards, all of it ... and when I made a very public explanation as to why this is ABSOLUTELY THE WORST EVER, I was told "it'snot a big deal. Stop making such a fuss. You're being dramatic." etc ... Like ............ WHAT?!
vissago
this is normal. 99% people dont care at all about it because 'its more convenient this way. convenience wins over security 100% of the time
AbydosZombie
Yeah. It’s like workplace safety, boring, and unnecessary… right up until someone loses a finger. In infosec, that ‘finger’ is your entire identity.
JaXm
As someone who is very much into both: You are not wrong. lol.
AbydosZombie
I get it, but I think it’s important to keep talking about it. If nothing else, to raise awareness about the profession and the daily battles we face. Plus, if we don’t tell these stories, the idiots will continue to think cybersecurity is just installing antivirus and hoping for the best.
vissago
im tired of getting a beating for trying to help people.
AbydosZombie
I think we're all tired....
vissago
very
TurnsOut42WasASlightMiscalculation
You did your part and have passed the baton
couldyounot123
As infosec peeps, what's your opinion on career change / compTIA certs?
vissago
run away
couldyounot123
Why?
vissago
its the currently selected 'everybody get in here, they dont check ID' flavor of decently paying job if you can sweet talk your way in. problem is, thats been the case for ten years now and its all an absolute disaster nightmare. getting into an entry level security job NOW, TODAY youll have to face off with AI because people with ten years experience doing actual work are getting laid off by the likes of aws and microsofrlt because leadership thinks even they can be replaced. wait. not now.
AbydosZombie
CompTIA certs are a solid starting point. IMO, they are like tutorial level in a video game. Great for fundamentals, but you’ll still need realworld quests (and some battle scars) to level up in infosec.
couldyounot123
Oh for sure, infosec is a ways away, but seems like an appealing target
NotThePoint
#31 is very true for me. I'm a programmer which is why I don't even have a smartphone. All my stuff is "dumb" or running custom firmware. As for my OS...
castamir
Sadly, having a spyphone is mandatory in today's world. I went for so many years carrying a PDA-like phone, sometimes even in text mode only because I messed up X on the vendor's frankendistro. But finally gave up a couple years ago.
NotThePoint
Also, can confirm, I have a super basic network printer (with network disabled) and it's connected via USB.
AbydosZombie
Ah yes, tux OS. 90% smooth sailing and 10% glorious problem-solving.
NotThePoint
It was inevitable because of my talent for "I'm just trying to use it and it broke," which is generally "nobody would ever try to do this," to system designers. I've literally found an "impossible" infinite loop condition in my college registration system and they had to manually override all existing procedures so that I could sign up for a particular class. I accidentally broke my "Unbreakable" umbrella because of how I dry it (rapid oscillating rotation). You make it, I break it.
perlninja
As a current devops engineer (former dev, and ITsec guy), I do have a smartphone. But it's about 7 years old and really only runs a TOTP app and I use it to set up a 4G tether for my laptop that of course runs Linux. I don't have a printer. Or IoT devices. Or anything that requires an internet connection really.
NotThePoint
Oh yes, the Internet of Shit! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLbejLwCtr8
perlninja
That's a good'un! :D