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That's not the only security leak in that photo.
by Traster 7y ago
That's not the only security leak in that photo.
- thinkingemote 7y agoWhat else?
- GordonS 7y agoFor one, Michael Gove's username appears to be the first part of an email address...
- billfruit 7y agoWhose role in the Cabinet is as the 'Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster', which today essentially means a minister without portfolio.
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- chaps 7y agoWhy is the exposing of a government employee's email address a security risk to you? Edit, because downvotes: government email addresses can be retrieved easily through public records laws, and is done routinely, and can easily be scraped or inferred. I've done both many, many times, and it's trivial.
- Traster 7y agoWell at the very least it presents a soft target for hacking into his personal email adddress (it's gmail not govenrment) and secondly, compromising it literally gives you access to dial into cabinet meetings.
- chaps 7y agoRead my edit. Email addresses can be received through public records requests routinely. It's a public record!
- FPGAhacker 7y agoPosting something like that on Twitter is like a dare.
- GordonS 7y agoThis email address could be at any provider - perhaps it's his personal gmail address, for example.
- chaps 7y agoAnd like one of the other comments in this chain points out - his personal email address was being used for government affairs, and that made it open to public records law suits. The public already has access to it.
- charlus 7y agoMichael Gove has an illustrious history with his private emails as well: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17235168 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17235168
- bilbo0s 7y agoWhy would his security people allow him to do that? Or do these guys just post this kind of stuff without even running it by their security folks? To me, this sounds like a security 101 type issue.
- roywiggins 7y agoHow would they stop him? Wrestle the phone out of his hands? He's in quarantine, anyway. Nobody is in the room with him. The current UK PM is not the type to ask experts about whether it's a good idea, anyway.
- Retric 7y agoQuarantine does not mean someone is alone. Just that their isolated from most of humanity.
- roywiggins 7y agoIt's not much of a quarantine if he's locked in with all his staff. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/boris-johnson-coronavirus-positive/2020/03/27/4604585e-7020-11ea-a156-0048b62cdb51_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/boris-johnson-co... > Johnson, on his doctor’s recommendation, has withdrawn into his chambers for seven days and will forgo all public appearances and in-person group meetings. He will have his food left at the door to his apartment, his aides said. > “He’s self-isolating in his flat,” said his official spokesman.
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- HenryBemis 7y agoOn a couple of pictures you can see balcony doors, house layouts, ceilings, vents, etc, doors. Every now and then CNN shares photos of the houses of rich and famous. They must be taking them from some magazine. Anyway, I remember looking at Cara Delevingne's amazing home, and I noticed that apart from walls with decorations, furniture, bathtub, etc there was NO view of doors, windows, balcony doors. Basically anything that would give away the location of the rooms (e.g. photo of bedroom with trees outside that would help identify floor and where in the building that room is). I am sure that these people have far more important things (documents) in their homes than Cara (but far worse taste).
- gonzo41 7y agoThe woman in the bottom left corner has the right idea. A white wall! And you're right about their houses. However with everyone home and the plods out on the empty streets. Now is not the time for a B&E