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That's amazing. I'll be trying that trick next time I have some time to kill in a building! We also play the game sometimes of getting places we're not suppose
by lucb1e 5y ago
That's amazing. I'll be trying that trick next time I have some time to kill in a building!
We also play the game sometimes of getting places we're not supposed to (as consultants). Walk around like you're from IT and are supposed to be there (technically both true), perhaps with a laptop under your arm, nobody will care what you do to any of the computers there. In schools and hospitals, and probably other places, try (variants of) the city you're in as password, perhaps combined with the postal code, and you usually get access to everything because of course the staff needs to actually help you. The username is pre-filled, don't worry about that (most of the time that's the field with more entropy).
It's honestly terrifying and short of locking rooms (because some of the personnel needs fast access to computers, preferably faster than plugging in and out smartcards all day long) there just isn't really a solution. I'm pretty sure we could have walked into a surgery room, we steered clear of any place that looked like it might head us into places with patients under actual operation. Why those aren't locked I don't know, probably there is a good reason so probably they can't change that...
- spicybright 5y agoI'm sure for surgery rooms (at least), needing someone to rush in to help and having them fumble with ID cards outweighs a bad party trying to, I guess, muck up a surgery or something.
- bombcar 5y ago“Men are better than gates” - Gandalf - the real security on the surgery rooms are those in them.
- em-bee 5y agoin the hospitals that i have been for visits usually the whole intensive care area and other sensitive areas were access controlled. so while the door to the actual surgery room might have been open, you are often not even allowed anywhere near.
- templeos3 5y agoVery rarely do you have people rushing in to surgery rooms. Despite TV dramas, most surgeries are not high risk, most surgical patients are not critically ill, and those that are tend to be pre-staffed for the risk. OR rooms are not usually locked but the surgical suite sure is. The bigger issue with the surgical suite is proper attire. ICUs are a different matter (where coincidentally I happen to be tonight). Generally all the staff you need is already on the locked side of the unit.
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