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>Don't underestimate the absolutely jaw-dropping incompetence from even senior "tech" folks employed by governments. When I was in training with the RCAF, I wa
by na85 7y ago
>Don't underestimate the absolutely jaw-dropping incompetence from even senior "tech" folks employed by governments.
When I was in training with the RCAF, I was in lecture where the Information Systems Security Officer (i.e. the senior most infosec person at this base of 6-8000 people) told us about a time where "two guys were emailing back and forth and just picked up a virus".
I made the mistake of pointing out that that's not really how computers work, i.e. an email can't just pick up a virus in transit like a dog picks up a tick.
I learned two lessons that day:
1. Militaries don't like it when people stand out
2. Governments are fundamentally incompetent
- dallasgutauckis 7y agoSounds like those two guys were man-in-the-middled
- na85 7y agoOr, you know, the guy caught some malware through an entirely separate vector.
- barbecue_sauce 7y agoMy firewall protects you, and your firewall protects me.
- CamperBob2 7y agoWhen you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras.
- ThePowerOfFuet 7y agoAin't the CF grand?
- na85 7y agoNope. It's a joke of a military that can't possibly defend Canada. The people and the technology are all obsolete.